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Генерирани изображения: изкуство ли е изкуството на изкуствения интелект?
Generative Images: Is the Art of Artificial Intelligence Actually Art?

Author(s): Iosif Astrukov
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Photography, Visual Arts
Published by: Институт за изследване на изкуствата, Българска академия на науките
Keywords: artificial intelligence; art; generated images; photography

Summary/Abstract: The technology of the so-called AI (AI – Artificial Intelligence) became extremely popular after the emerging of platforms like ChatGPT and ones generative for images like Midjourney. Many researchers argue whether this is real artificial intelligence, explaining that the more accurate terms should be machine learning and ANN – Artificial neural net-works. The ideas behind all that technology could be traced back to Turing and his famous paper “Computing Machinery and Intelligence”, where he asked the simple question “Can machines think?”. There he also proposes a test, now called the Turing test, that became a symbol for determent of artificial intelligence. As no machine has ever passed it, we have to accept that what we observe is just new generation algorithms that, together with the new generation of computing power and growing database online, could imitate any form of art. But as it is purely and visibly imitation, we should ask the fundamental question is it truly art?

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 52-61
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Bulgarian