Arta în epoca AI. Reciclarea

Abstract

This paper examines the question of art under the sign of artificial
intelligence (AI), a topic as complex as it is contentious, as it redefines core
concepts such as creativity, authorship, and even the role of the human
being in the world.
We begin by outlining how AI – defined as a technology capable of
reproducing a wide range of human cognitive processes at superhuman
scale and speed – has emerged.
To illustrate the contrast between human and machine rationality, we
analyze the landmark 2016 AlphaGo–Lee Sedol match, often considered the
symbolic validation of modern AI. Within this framework, we compare two
iconic moves from the match as expressions of two different cognitive
backgrounds: a formal, algorithmic one and a human, unconscious one.
Lucian Blaga’s philosophy will help us distinguish between natural beauty
and artistic beauty, and to understand the unconscious background as
essential to human art and culture – while the absence of such a background
in the case of AI-generated products serves as the fundamental criterion for
evaluating them as non-art.
Ultimately, so-called AI art may be regarded as inflationary and akin to the
notions of remake or cover – thus representing a form of artistic recycling
rather than an expression of genuine, original art.