Art Has Always Been Artificial
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In collaboration with Freethink we contributed an article to their special on creativity and AI. The theme of the piece is ‘Art Has Always Been Artificial’ and explores how art is always the result tools letting us express creativity.
Article Excerpts
“Art has always been the product of new techniques: from spoken language to the written word, from drawings on cave walls to paint brushes, from quills to word processors.”
“When a new tool for expressing human thought and imagination emerges, devotees of previous techniques often object—their creative progressivism quickly calcifies into creative conservatism..”