Starsphinx

True AI art will be intended for AIs.

We have given materials and tools to many other species - and have seen enough common themes in what they produce to accept they are deliberate productions. However beyond that we have no idea of their true meaning, subject or impact on others of the species that produced them. When eventually autonomous self aware machines (AIs) exist they may well create completely new original sound and visual art but us humans are probably going to scratch our heads and say "huh?" - We may well be able to tell it is art but it will almost certainly not mean anything to us, even if explained.

While current AI may be able to produce images from prompts and even copy styles the fact is that it cannot "draw a dog crying because the elephant died in the style of Joe Bloggs" until Joe Bloggs has produced enough of their own unique creative work for the the AI to look at and er "be influenced by".

Which focuses on the nub of the matter - AI cannot produce until it has accessed references and been "taught" what art is and what words in terms of prompts mean. AI (or rather the owner/operators) MUST be made to pay for the resources it is using - it needs to pay Joe Bloggs to see their work and if Joe Bloggs does not wish for AI to see their work they should be able to refuse payment (of any amount) so that AI may then not be shown their work.

Thank you. I hope this is just a practice thing and simply a big gap between what my brain knows it has to do and its ability to make it an actuality.