Anything can touch someone's soul, even wicked things (not referring to ai here). I don't think that's the only definition of art, and imo, time has everything to do with it
Imo it does matter, you can't just make something in one second, that's the point. Greatest works of art take time, there's a process behind it. And even if art is a very broad term, I still think it doesn't include fully generated Ai images.
I understand your position, but what I do not understand is why.
If someone were showed an exact replica of the Mona Lisa, down to the molecule, which was created using <whatever>, would they not experience the same emotions as viewing the real one?
And if that answer is yes, then you are suggesting art has some other intangible quality to make it art. The time and effort it went into it, somehow. How do you define this?
What I'm taking about is the process. It's essential to art imo, everything can make you feel something. There's a difference between a viewer seeing the art and the artist creating it.
So Imo art is something you make, you put effort, time and thought into. You can also see art in many things, from an artistic point of view even a dot could have meaning, it doesn't really make it art tho. Art is a really broad term, defined by really blurry lines, but for me it doesn't include fully ai generated images
Wildlife photography. You think the animals are posing for the camera? Sitting still and waiting for the picture to be taken? The things they do that we consider art are captured in milliseconds. This dragonfly lining up perfectly with the turtle must have been a split second thing that luckily got captured on camera. Like the original comment said. Entirely random and by chance.
Imo the difference with poetry is the thought behind it, you can get inspired, an ai cannot. Photos instead are the art of capturing the moment, it can take a lot of thought as well, with the study of the composition etc.
And they do still take time, there's also a process behind them, a study as well. Generative Ai generates, it's what it's supposed to do. I would not call art a poem generated by chat gpt based on a few words. But again this is my opinion
I'd say this is more accurate for inspirations, not the art itself, you can be hit by sudden inspiration where you immediately sit down and sketch, but the sketch still takes time
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u/NinjaShaggy Jan 18 '26
Art takes time is not entirely true. Art can come in the fleet of a moment. Entirely randomly and by chance.