AI and Art

 Using Ai to Create Art

   This post is in response to the book, "Hands on Ai projects for the classroom: A guide for Elective Teachers." More specifically Project 3, which can be found on page 26. The project suggests examining different art styles across the industry, and then using Ai to create with these styles. They will explore different styles, compare and contrast them, as well as create some pieces of their own. It is aimed to be a very open ended assignment and experience in the classroom. 

I decided to some exploration myself wondering into a internet rabbit hole of different styles and known artist that have left their mark on the world. The possibilites are infinite and at your finger tips when you can use any type of description to create a piece of work. You can tell AI to make a crab made out of recycled materials, or paint a portrait as yourself as if it was Da Vinvi. These obviously are not the same as an artwork you can hold, but it supplies students and anyone else with the ability to imagine what those historic artists could be creating today. Or to show you how something may look and turn out, before pouring hours of work into it.

Here is the picture I created with ChatGPT. My promst was "create an image of a guy surfing in a tropical area but make it look as if Vincent Van Gogh painted it."

It is highly debated whether or not Ai has a place in art or if it just a rip off knock off. I for one think it does belong within the industry. As long as credit is not being taken for something that was made by AI, then there is no issue. It is simply just another style of work to add onto all the rest. It is the opposite of what modern day art has become, today it is all about the process of creating, though by using AI, you can skip the process and have any result you want right at your finger tips. Below is a video by the Museum of Modern Art, exploring this themselves.