05-31-2021, 11:47 PM
Might be getting off track here, but thinking about strategies, tactics, or tropes from other art forms...
A machine can certainly write bad Hemmingway. Could a machine write good Hemmingway?
A machine could paint uninspired but accurate sfumato. Could a machine paint good sfumato?
(The machine would not be in danger of making mistakes in the identified effects so long as its programming was correct. A human would. Is that the human advantage, or just why human effort touches us? The spice of danger, appreciated by the viewer/reader?)
And beyond that, could a machine invent a style at the level of Hemmingway or da Vinci? Even if its explanatory/defining examples of the style were not very good, but could be surpassed excellently by others?
A machine can certainly write bad Hemmingway. Could a machine write good Hemmingway?
A machine could paint uninspired but accurate sfumato. Could a machine paint good sfumato?
(The machine would not be in danger of making mistakes in the identified effects so long as its programming was correct. A human would. Is that the human advantage, or just why human effort touches us? The spice of danger, appreciated by the viewer/reader?)
And beyond that, could a machine invent a style at the level of Hemmingway or da Vinci? Even if its explanatory/defining examples of the style were not very good, but could be surpassed excellently by others?
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