Assessing the Impact of AI on Fine Art: Threat or Opportunity

The Portrait of Edmond Belamy was the first sale by auction of a portrait generated with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) for $432,500. Art is a classification for art created using an autonomous system such as a machine learning (ML) algorithm. In the context of generative art, ML is used as a creative tool for artists to explore and push the boundaries of existing art forms and modes of expression. The notion that intelligent machines are the sole authors of the art they produce isn’t an accurate portrayal of how art is generated using AI.