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A thought provoking work that conveys a strong emotion or sense.
As there are many AI images that involve a sense of beauty, disgust, wonder, hatred, or intrigue; yes.
AI is creating art.
Any definition that tries to exclude AI art must jump through hoops to explain why the restriction doesn't also apply to traditional works. And if your definition has to twist itself and constantly make exceptions, then it's just a poor definition.
Your interpretation of what is art is based on the perspective of the viewer. The article seems to be defining it more in the context of the creating and the intentions/choices behind the creation. Both are valid.
If AI generated images are art, then a naturally occurring crystal cave that elicits a sense of awe is also art. Maybe that's true, I just think it has more to do with how you define art than some objective reality of what is 'art'.
But there's still a human behind the wheel. AI hasn't gone rogue and is creating stuff 100% autonomously. Someone still has to give it prompts and make various tweaks to get it to generate the image they want. There is still human intentions and choices being made.
That's what I mean by definitions that try to exclude AI art fall flat, because AI is a tool. Nothing more. We don't dismiss digital artists for not using ink or paint. We don't say people who create impressive 3D printed works aren't being creative because they aren't using a hammer and chisel. People have access to digital instruments and can create whole songs by mixing them from their phone, we don't claim it's not music.
AI is a tool. An actual human person prompts it and manipulates it to create a work. It's infinitely faster than previous methods of creating art, and takes a hell of a lot less training and experience, but it's still art. For better or worse, it's still humans sharing their intentions, thoughts, and emotions with the world.
I largely agree. Whether or not something "is art" is almost entirely subjective. But I can literally tell an LMM to "make an art" without any actual direction and it will make something. Does that make it less a work of art? It kind of feels like it to me. But if I ask that 50 times and then pick the one I like best, does that change it's artistic 'value'? I can collect a pile of rocks I think look cool and the collection could certainly be considered artistic, and collages are a thing, so there is certainly a lot of gray area there.
I like to think of art as more an activity that an object. If I experience it and it makes me feel things, it is art. If I create something based on my internal feelings, it is art. Maybe art is just the feelings we generate along the way?