AI art models are beautiful things. They are simulations of our cultural heritage, and we should treasure them like museums. Now is a great time to start opening people’s minds about this. Try to spread your sense of wonder instead of getting dragged into nasty arguments.
As language models are cut-ups of all the text of a culture, so image models are collages of all the art:
has anybody pointed out that AI language models are William Burroughs cut-ups
— 🎭 (@deepfates) August 17, 2022
Please send me your best take on art and language models so I can add it to my cabinet of wonder.