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AI-generated art

Mambi

Fun loving kitty cat
Just to fully flesh out the idea: How might this compare, then, to an artist drawing a kink they aren't into for a commissioner?
That is, it is a turn-on for the commissioner, but does nothing for the artist.

Oh that's easy: The artist can empathize with the purchaser, and can ask specific question to put themselves in the mindset of the person. At least the artist is still trying to evoke an emotion even if they don't feel it personally, the only real difference is they do not share that emotion but rather are asking the purchaser to help them through that part of the process through feedback. Like an actor, after understanding the desire of the "producer", they are temporarily putting themselves into that mindset to create what is asked of them.

For example, a straight artist can draw a gay scene because they can picture what a gay person would like. If they can't, they can ask gay people or look at gay art for references and patterns. But unlike the AI, the artist is trying to see what the original artist was feeling while they made it. The AI on the other hand is just grabbing random stuff it was told is related to the topic and saying "Here you go, as asked." The AI is not trying to feel the emotions at all, so when it tries to replicate the emotion requested, it simply can't understand what it's being asked to do. It's just grabbing random stuff and trying to throw it together and get lucky emotion-wise.
 

Yakamaru

Silly McFly
Would art drawn by a vulcan who doesn't feel emotion count?
"I've made art that depicts how I feel"
"...But the canvas is empty"
"Exactly"
 

quoting_mungo

Well-Known Member
Would art drawn by a vulcan who doesn't feel emotion count?
Do Vulcans truly not feel emotion, though, or are they simply detached from it? (I get the impression that it leans towards the latter, but I’m not that deep into Star Trek.)

I don’t believe that the only thing an artist can leave of themselves on the canvas is emotion. Maybe Vulcans paint logic and greater good?
 
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