Calling it "AI Art" gives it too much credence. They are generated images. Nothing more.
this post was submitted on 09 Jul 2025
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Depends entirely on your definition of art.
To me, art is "playing with your senses". The way a painting plays with your vision. Music plays with your hearing. Food plays with your taste. ...
And in that sense, a generated image is art. Especially if it evokes emotions like hate for being AI generated.
Regardless of definition, art requires an intention. You cannot find art in the wild, it has to be created.
There's intention in a prompt. Death of the Author makes the case for valuing interpretation over intention anyway.
It's a pointless waste of time to make the distinction.
It's not.
Words matter. For example, calling an LLM "AI" has incorrectly shaped people's perception of its abilities. This is a core aspect of marketing for this reason, and the choice to call it "AI" was specifically to take advantage of how much word choice matters in shaping perception.
some would argue even less
Less generated, or less images?
You can hate al you want but if you follow that line of thought paintings are just 'painted images' and photo's are just 'photographed images'. There is a lot of paintings that have 0 artistic value (like when done by children) and photographs that have 0 artistic value (like pictures of holidays and vacations etc). There being a lot of AI with 0 artistic value doesn't mean there can't be such a thing as AI Art.
Generated images in themselves cannot be art. Generated images could be used to create art, and I would say that falls into what you call "AI art", but it would be still better described as "generated art."
ai generated art didn't create itself. someone typed in text and uploaded an image that they wanted manipulated. Movie directors only give instructions to actors. They don't create the sets/costumes. They don't write the words. They only give instructions and they get awards for being artists.
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Out of the corner of your eye, you spot him...
Shia LeBeouf
He's following you about thirty feet back
He gets down on all fours and breaks into a sprint
He's gaining on you!
Shia LaBeouf
The really frightening part is that she really is out there somewhere and almost nobody knows where and she could show up at any time. Then out of nowhere....GOOP right on your face.
#Gwinning
That was beautiful
The family tried to keep the stories of her “night hunts” suppressed, but the truth wants to be free.
Terrifying
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