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Just picked up this photograph from Goodwill
This is a photograph that simply documents the raccoons and blue Jay just existing.
I could have pointed a camera and with "AI" help or auto focus taken this photo.
AI can't go out in the woods and find this shot. A good wildlife photographer can and does.
Now, if I told you that this picture was taken with a remote camera? That some person just had a camera pointed at a stump for weeks and got lucky.
Does that make it less "art"?
It's the work and effort that gives the art the feeling.
You looking at that photo makes you feel a certain way. It has beauty. It is art.
Now, if you think the photographer camped out for days hunting the perfect picture of these raccoons or if this is actually just an AI generated photo of Raccoons. Is going to change your feelings and if you appreciate it as "true" art.
I would call you a liar because that is clearly hand drawn based on some reference images being combined or in a very unlikely case it could be staged. There is absolutely zero chance that it was a random image from a trail cam.
While it is possible that it could be an AI regurgitation of someone's artwork, that is far less likely because it doesn't have the weird AI artifacts that are common in something with that much detail.
Photographers frequently make art. They can also just take pictures that are documentation. Documentation via pictures can be visually appealing without being art.
A lot of art is ugly and doesn't communicate the same feelings to all viewers. Some art needs to be explained for anyone to understand the intent and meaning behind it. Even unclear and bad art is still art.
On this we agree! AI slop can be turned into art with additional work and effort. The direct results from a text prompt are not art. People who can only create images using an AI text prompt are not artists.