[HN Gopher] The performative quality of computer-generated art
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       The performative quality of computer-generated art
        
       Author : url
       Score  : 27 points
       Date   : 2022-02-09 20:39 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | itronitron wrote:
       | >> "What if we are too focused on results, rather than the
       | process?"
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       | Well, that is kind of the problem with generative art, it is all
       | process with no point. As Helen Pierce in Ozark would say, "It
       | has no intention."
        
         | BasilPH wrote:
         | > Well, that is kind of the problem with generative art, it is
         | all process with no point.
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         | I don't see how this should be specific to computer-generated
         | art. You can make drawings by hand that have no point. In my
         | opinion computers are just another tool for artists.
        
           | nefitty wrote:
           | When I was young I thought photographers just took like one
           | photo and by sheer willpower and skill, they sometimes
           | captured beautiful scenes. I then found out that they
           | actually sit there and click the shutter thousands of times,
           | then they go somewhere else to sit and scour through the
           | "generated art" to find the gems. Then they polish the gems.
           | Then they publish those.
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           | My novice AI-art workflow involved a similar pattern. I come
           | up with some topic or thing I want to see, then I iterate on
           | the wording of the prompt and all the little variables the
           | tool takes. I end up with dozens of crap pictures, but
           | sometimes cool stuff comes out. If I keep working on this,
           | alongside increased generation speed, I could see myself
           | "creating" really good art.
           | 
           | To me it is about the process. It's the human input that
           | makes art valuable. I mean, if AI becomes sentient then those
           | judgements would be a valuable input in themselves too.
        
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