Has AI ruined an entire style of art?
It seems that artificial intelligence has found its way into art in where it is absent. It appears that many people are so trained to notice AI-generated images that the phrase ‘It looks like AI’ has turned to be a standard response to some works of art encountered on the internet. There is a possibility that this is true and there are some forms of art which have come from the artist reasonably, and there are some artists who have been unjustly ‘AIs shamed.’
A recent incident is that of an artist who is a Blender user (refer to our review of Blender) who posted a very brief 3D animation on the platform Reddit. Alexandr SubSensus had to show that he made the dreamy piece after being charged for having used AI. But why do the artists take this approach and explain to the audience how the work is in reality?
Well, this is because of other traits which may be found in AI art. It is the kind of movie which is a short clip showing a fantasy theme well done in realistic touch. For the first, the uniformity in the designs and lighting patterns are a little too bright for today’s AI and AI videos are quite jerky in style.
After much debate on AI vs 3D, the artist presented his viewport image in order to finalize the dispute, and it turned out he created the model using Blender, Cinema 4D and Octane Render. The accumulation of information also generated plenty of debate however, which was more than anticipated.
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The Rise of AI Suspicion in Digital Art
Art generated with the aid of Artificial Intelligence has taken over platforms such as ArtStation, Instagram and Reddit. Therefore, the term ‘it looks like it was done by AI’ has become a common worldview within online art circles. People’s doubts are occasioned by the fact that more often than not the very capable creativists are asked whether what they did is real. The short-lived heroic elation at having done something technically outstanding is being replaced by unreasonable doubt and often in the absence of evidence. They have to explain and defend the works in ways they had never imagined or practised.
A case in point is one recent staggering account of Blender artist Alexandr SubSensus who became the subject of this controversy. SubSensus posted on the internet beautiful and sophisticated 3D animations, only for people to accuse him of using AI to generate the work. To clarify the issue and put it to an end, he uploaded a screenshot from the viewport of Blender along with describing how he made the artwork, which required the use of Blender, Cinema 4D and Octane Render in order for the image to be fully conceived by him. This is not a single case of this kind. More and more digital artists are felling it necessary to defend their work from allegations to a similar extent and in similar manner.
Why Are Artists Accused of Utilizing AIs?
So, what is the cause of this sudden increase in accusations? Some critics have noted that a number of features about the imagery produced by AI technologies, such as hyper-realism, surrealism or intricate pattern consistency, are usually found in the most sophisticated level of digital art, especially those done using Blender software. Artificial intelligence art can replicate these styles. It is easy for fans of such art, who do not understand the intricacies of 3D modeling or computer generated imagery, to make these assumptions.
Despite the fact that AI has advanced substantially, it is not the answer for every problem. For example, “amateur artists” such as AI-interactive dance artist SubSensus are likely to still create reasonable technology-based art because of their jittery motion and lack of details. However, that still doesn’t stop an artist from being called a ‘victim’ of something that has recently started to prevent people working, what some are referring to as “AI shaming.”
A Novel Way of Recognizing Artistry?
It is notable that this sort of approach has a chance of sweeping away this AI polemic whereby some artists and fans have begun to embrace it even as a form of flattery. One is slandered as generating AI art now in a way validates how much detail and intricacy goes to creating the art. To paraphrase a comment on the sureddit, in which the heavy burden of raising the bar for increasingly detailed art is expressed, one says: “Congratulations on being accused of AI art for the first time!”.
People may take it in such a manner and oddly enough proceed with their daily activities but in the case of others, it is a different story. The notion that a painter could be laboring for weeks, if not months over a painting only for that same painting to be termed as ai can be brutal. The central problem lies in the disrespect that the art is receiving in terms of the boring and exhausting work attached to it.
As one commenter in this debate correctly noted, “Even if AI could make something like this with a quick prompt, I would still value the work of art made by someone more than the output since it isn’t merely the result but the ability, the effort and the heart of the artist.”
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The Future of Art in an Age of Global Artifices
As AI takes more and more steps towards technological advancement, the gulf between works produced by human beings and those done by computers may become narrower. This is however not the case. There are AI systems that can do art style transfer or create a photo realistic 3-dimensional computer graphics picture in a matter of minutes. This could mark the end of the era in which there is something called an “AI look”. Instead, in the glamorous world of art, AI could rather be integrated into the art’s peripheral scope resulting in even greater fog in the identities of creator of art and the art itself.
Still at CLOXMEDIA, this also begs the question: what will be the relevance of human artistry in the years to come? If creativity in arts and design is largely based on the use of automation, what would be the value of artefacts produced traditionally and products designed and created through algorithms? Some people are of the opinion that the creativity, feeling and hard work that will be put into the paintings by the human artists will always be treasured by the society. Others, however are rather pessimistic and fear that even the way art is understood and appreciated now may completely be changed by AI.
