AI Art: Proof that AI is creative? – Cosmos

Violin-shaped buildings in the style of Gaudi produced by AI art tool Midjourney, from a prompt by Evrim Yazgin.

AI art tools like Craiyon (formerly DALL-E mini) and Midjourney have been making waves on the internet over recent months. But are these artificial intelligence tools exhibiting creativity, or just clever mimics? How will AI art impact artists themselves? And how can machine learning be effectively used in artistic, creative and design endeavours most effectively?

Cosmos science journalist Evrim Yazgin tackles these questions and speaks with AI expert Professor Jon McCormack, Director of Monash Universitys SensiLab, in the article Creativity and AI in Cosmos Magazine #96.

At this years Colorado State Fairs annual art competition awarded its prize to an AI-generated piece entitled Thtre Dopra Spatial by Jason M. Allen. But Allen didnt paint or sculpt the work it was generated by AI art tool Midjourney.

While Allen was open about the pieces origins, submitting it under the name Jason M. Allen via Midjourney, that the prize was awarded to a piece created by a machine learning tool has enraged some artists.

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Impressive and controversial as tools like Midjourney are, they represent only the tip of the AI art iceberg.

AI expert Professor Jon McCormack, Director of Monash Universitys SensiLab says AI should not be thought of as intelligent, creative or artistic. These systems are kind of statistical mirrors on broad aspects of human culture, McCormack explains.

McCormack stresses that AI is best used as an aid to human creativity.

In Cosmos Magazine #96 McCormack shows Evrim Yazgin around SensiLab, where AI researchers are creating design and art pieces. Of note are a mirror which writes a poem based on the onlookers expression, a machine which can learn from human drummers how to make a beat, and a tapestry drawing on the stories of female convicts in Australia.

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AI Art: Proof that AI is creative? - Cosmos