Artificial intelligence can be found everywhere, from DALL-E to ChatGPT. Many people are skeptical about computer-generated output, from literature to art to design, because of our increased access to these technologies.
There are several concerns concerning the future of art. What happens to the art world when art can be generated without the need for an artist? These types of inquiries are becoming increasingly common as artificial intelligence technologies improve and reach consumers all around the world.
This article examines artificial intelligence art and how artists might benefit from it.
What exactly is AI Art?
Artificial Intelligence Art (or AI Art) is a type of art created by artificial intelligence algorithms and systems, such as graphics, pictures, or digital sketches.
However, not all AI Art is made up of 2D computer-generated images. There are several methods to AI art, ranging from photography to conceptual and abstract art.
AI Art may take numerous forms, ranging from works made algorithmically on demand to works created by humans employing AI tools and techniques.
How is AI Art created?
AI Art has two sides to it. The former symbolizes a new frontier for the art world, whilst the latter reflects the opportunities for artists to use the digital tools at their disposal.
On the one hand, artists might request that certain pictures be created (using technologies such as DALL-E, for example), even in the manner of a specific artist, ranging from Picasso to Frida Kahlo.
In this situation, AI-generated algorithms may create wholly unique images, or “works of art,” as some have dubbed them. These algorithms develop images that take inspiration from pre-existing images by pulling information from massive datasets (images of human-made artworks from professionals and novices alike).
Another technique allows artists to “feed” learning machines information in order for them to make work. Human-led AI Art uses AI technologies and techniques, such as machine learning algorithms, to analyze and modify photos in order to generate new works.
As a result, AI provides both a challenge and an opportunity for visual artists.
Is AI Art really art?
Bitforms, a contemporary art gallery, certainly believes so. The organization, which is based in New York, has a strong concentration on digital and new media art and has been at the vanguard of supporting AI art for over two decades. The gallery thinks that artificial intelligence and technology in general may “alter, enhance, and extend creative processes.”
They have presented work in shows such as Artificial Imagination (2022), which investigated the “validity of assisted art creation and its place in the art world,” representing a roster of established and young artists who engage with technology. A collection of digital artists, including Ellie Pritts, Refik Anadol, and Alexander Reben, used DALL-E to build whole compositions and generative pieces generated using unique algorithms to contextualize AI as an art-making tool.
As a result, established galleries, as well as those that function entirely online, are investigating the possibilities of AI Art. But what exactly are these artists creating?
AI artists you should know
Some artists produce their works with AI tools, while others utilize AI technologies to improve or provide meaning to their art practice. This can include artists who create digital art using AI algorithms, as well as artists who utilize AI tools and approaches to supplement their traditional art-making practices.
Stephanie Dinkins is one such artist who uses artificial intelligence to advance her work and research. Dinkins sees herself as a transmedia artist—a practitioner who uses AI to create conceptual work.
Dinkins’ project Conversations with Bina documents a discussion with one of the world’s most advanced social robots in order to investigate the viability of long-term human-machine interactions.
Others are more concerned with feeding and extracting information in order to generate works. David Young, for example, trained the computer using his own images. He gave this knowledge to his computer by taking photographs of flowers in his yard, and it was educated to produce its own images of flowers in order to establish its own perception of the physical and natural world.
AI artists, like digital and video artists who have grasped the possibilities of technological development, operate in a quickly growing sector with exponentially changing information and tools at their disposal.
Cover image: Artificial Intelligence
Source : Kooness Art Magazine
