AI cannot make art
June 21st, 2025
I’ve heard it said that everything we do is art. I disagree with that statement. When we think of art, most of the time drawings are the first things to come to mind. Why drawings? Not really sure, that’s kind of just the default for art. That being said, it isn’t all that art is. Music can also be art. Videography, photography, programming, arrangements of furniture. Anything can be art. That being said, not everything is art. I’d argue that art needs a soul. If you don’t put your heart into it, if it’s something you dislike doing, if you’re only doing it for profit and no other reason, that isn’t art. This extends to AI. There’s no soul in AI generated images, no passion, no love for what is being done and that’s because AI generated images are nothing but an algorithm. Yes, writing an algorithm can be art but the algorithm running? That’s just it doing exactly as told. The code has no love for the result. This is exactly why AI generated images are not art. This is why I hate that label for it. Art needs love. Programs cannot love (unfortunately).
- Breebee