ART
Why Dog Poop Is Better Than AI Art
Without human creativity, art is nothing
Each morning when I walk my dogs, they create something original and I pick it up.
I don’t enjoy dealing with that part of having pets, but what they produce is of more value than any piece of art created by artificial intelligence — at least it could be used to fertilize a plant. AI art can’t even do that.
Humans have been making original art since we lived in caves and it’s not like we’ve run out of it. Just having a piece of art isn’t the point. We could all download as much existing art as we want right now.
It’s not the golden age
Kurt Vonnegut’s novel Player Piano describes a future in which nearly everything is automated, including culture. In it, one character claims, “It’s the Golden Age of Art, with millions of dollars a year poured into reproductions of Rembrandts, Whistlers, Goyas, Renoirs, El Grecos, da Vincis, Michelangelos …”
I have a lot of reproductions on my wall from a real golden age of art — the 17th century Dutch old masters. My particular favorite is Vermeer. I obviously am never going to be able to afford an original, so mine are all art posters.
