How will it be possible to define what is human and what is artificial from now on?
Theatre d’Opera Spatial is the name of the artwork that Jason Allen presented at the Colorado State Fair, in the fine arts section.
It won first place, but at the same time, it sparked many reactions—some upset, others happy; confrontations about what is already happening in our current reality and that we cannot deny with this fact.
There are platforms today equipped with tools that create images based on descriptions provided by internet users. According to searches and information stored on the internet, algorithms act and create pieces of all kinds. The issue here is that these pieces do not have copyright; that is, the owner and sole proprietor of the work is the one who performs the search, description, and download of what appears on the web—exactly what Allen did.
Programs now, like our minds, are imaginative; art is being generated by a computer, demonstrating that machine learning and technology will continue to advance and improve. In short, it is an invitation to a new revolution in the Internet of Things.
No job or profession will be safe from automation or AI, and the tipping point in this new era is that disruptions are becoming increasingly significant.
Can you imagine police officers arresting angels? A man with his son fishing in space? Jesus Christ at the gates of heaven making realistic 8k gestures?
What, what?! You might think that what we just mentioned are fantasies.
While on one hand, we could say that they are fantasies and that we invented them, on the other hand, we want to tell you that it is a reality and part of the revelation of human imagination now made physical through textual descriptions, then converted into images. Those "fantasies" are what people request from Midjourney, the artificial intelligence program with which Allen won the contest in the "Digital Arts / Digitally Manipulated Photography" category.
At this point, we may or may not agree with the awarding of the work Theatre d’Opera Spatial, but the truth here is that we are beginning a process of assimilation in which we must understand how we use the tools to achieve the reality of things so that even people around the world understand more about this topic.
No matter how close or far we are from the algorithms, we are always and everywhere feeding them with years of human experience deposited in a cyber world. And there is only one thing that makes the difference: human consciousness above the artificial.
AI decisions are not influenced by emotions and sensations; as humans, we can be surprised and enjoy what we see and do. Creativity is on both sides.
What else can differentiate human creativity from artificial creativity?
