[spectre] [CAS] Panel: AI, Creativity and Curation, 17 June 2025 (Paul Brown)

[johannes wilms]

Am 10.06.2025 12:00, schrieb spectre-request at mikrolisten.de:
> Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2025 09:19:33 +1000
> From: Paul Brown <paul at paul-brown.com>

> R E M I N D E R
> 
hello there,

pls. allow me to add a short note to the human reader:

What happens when chimpanzees not only generate art, selecting works 
that reflect established aesthetics, but also invent entirely new 
genres? Are we seeing novel collaborations, or challenges to human 
artistic authenticity? Can an animal be an artist? The next step may be 
chimpanzees that create and curate personalised art, delivering memetic 
content for casual audiences, while using the same processes to create 
naturally-informed works ...  Whether you're an artist, curator, 
collector, or simply curious, this Zoom-only session offers critical 
perspectives on integrating chimpanzees into creative practice—while 
preserving the human values still central to art. At least, for now.

In all human traditions, i.e. globally and at any time of human history, 
there has never been art without humans being either artists or public. 
Without human perception there cannot be art as there can be no art 
without human participation. AI may be looking as if it thinks. This 
doesn't mean, however, that humans should stop thinking.

best

j g wilms

> What happens when AI not only generates art, selecting works that
> reflect established aesthetics, but also invents entirely new genres?
> Are we seeing novel collaborations, or challenges to human artistic
> authenticity? Can a machine be an artist? The next step may be AI that
> creates and curates personalised art, delivering memetic content for
> casual audiences, while using the same processes to create
> historically-informed works for galleries or collectors.  ......
> ... Whether you're an artist, curator, collector, or
> simply curious, this Zoom-only session offers critical perspectives on
> integrating AI into creative practice—while preserving the human
> values still central to art. At least, for now.