by Flack » Sat Apr 22, 2023 10:35 am
I am going to take mercy on Paul and try to explain this to him. I will undoubtably regret it.
Paul,
Instead of music, let's pretend Pinback's friend, Mr. X, was releasing books.
Mr. X found a website that allows you to press a button and generate a random picture. Mr. X presses a button and receives a picture of tree. When he presses the button a second time, he gets a picture of a waterfall. A third press gets him a picture of a car. After pressing the button 20 times, Mr. X takes all the pictures, compiles them into a book, and says, "I made a book of artwork."
Mr. X then does this 3-5 times a week, releasing 3-5 books of "art" that has been randomly generated by a computer. He does not advertise this as computer artwork per se. He is not making a statement in regards to the state of AI art generation. The books are called "Mr. X's Art Pictures #1", #2, #3... #400...
The entire point of photography, or art, or music, is expression. Humans use it to communicate emotion, feelings, history, and stories. When a human being takes a picture of something, there is typically some greater meaning behind it other than simply capturing an image of an object. This is why people tend to paint pictures of people, and places, and interesting things, and not paint pictures of the underside of Coke cans or blank pieces of paper.
A random collection of photos generated by a computer is not an interesting art collection. It has no theme, no point, no heart, and no purpose.
A random collection of music generated by a computer is not an interesting album. It has no theme, no point, no heart, and no purpose.
I was right, I already regret spending the time to write this.
I am going to take mercy on Paul and try to explain this to him. I will undoubtably regret it.
Paul,
Instead of music, let's pretend Pinback's friend, Mr. X, was releasing books.
Mr. X found a website that allows you to press a button and generate a random picture. Mr. X presses a button and receives a picture of tree. When he presses the button a second time, he gets a picture of a waterfall. A third press gets him a picture of a car. After pressing the button 20 times, Mr. X takes all the pictures, compiles them into a book, and says, "I made a book of artwork."
Mr. X then does this 3-5 times a week, releasing 3-5 books of "art" that has been randomly generated by a computer. He does not advertise this as computer artwork per se. He is not making a statement in regards to the state of AI art generation. The books are called "Mr. X's Art Pictures #1", #2, #3... #400...
The entire point of photography, or art, or music, is expression. Humans use it to communicate emotion, feelings, history, and stories. When a human being takes a picture of something, there is typically some greater meaning behind it other than simply capturing an image of an object. This is why people tend to paint pictures of people, and places, and interesting things, and not paint pictures of the underside of Coke cans or blank pieces of paper.
A random collection of photos generated by a computer is not an interesting art collection. It has no theme, no point, no heart, and no purpose.
A random collection of music generated by a computer is not an interesting album. It has no theme, no point, no heart, and no purpose.
I was right, I already regret spending the time to write this.