I loved the impressionists' anecdote since I'm a huge Monet fan. And my husband will love Roon because he hates making playlists and often just lets YouTube follow its course. But I think there's something inherently yours in every piece we create. Even if a thousand people paint the same landscape (think of all the people, including me, who've tried to follow Bob Ross), the end result would be different. That's the magic of it.
True, creativity leads to unique work, even if it has been made possible by what the world brought in to us. We do not all get the same set of input, simply, but even then, we do not have the same skills, the same means, the same time, the same amount of energy, etc. – so many factors differ, that we simply cannot create the same.
However, all that cannot be said similarly for AI – with AI, you could end up with a lot of similar things. It is not likely that two "paintings" made by AI will be identical to the pixel, or that texts will contain exactly the same sequence of the same words, but they can be close enough to look like imitations of each other.
I think that we should value the difference and prefer human-made art. But another important conclusion is that we all have, and get, what it takes to be creative. We all are bombarded with input all the time, and this can create thoughts and actions that will be unique. Skilled people may be able to create almost exact copies of other people's works, but that's a special case, and I don't think that this by itself is creativity (en copying can, though, contain many detailed tasks that require creative solutions, on such as how to recreate a certain colour or stroke of a brush).
I like impressionism too. I am especially fascinated by the pointillism and other colourful varieties, including the early cubism. There was a period with a solid, deliberate separation from traditional art and a focus on creating something completely new, something that was more in line with a human way of thinking and perceiving. Not rational, but emotional.
Roon is great! It costs some money to have it, so it's not a free program, but I think that it is worth the money. There is a free community where people are overly happy to assist if your husband have any questions or considerations: https://community.roonlabs.com/ — and it needs a computer to run on, but there are many options, and many people have something already that can be used. The main thing is that it gives you control of your music and metadata around it, providing you with information about the artists, albums, etc.
Human art moves us in ways that AI could never (don't let the robots hear me 🤫). I agree we all have what it takes. It always blows my mind when people say they're not creative. I think we all can be in different ways.
I loved the impressionists' anecdote since I'm a huge Monet fan. And my husband will love Roon because he hates making playlists and often just lets YouTube follow its course. But I think there's something inherently yours in every piece we create. Even if a thousand people paint the same landscape (think of all the people, including me, who've tried to follow Bob Ross), the end result would be different. That's the magic of it.
True, creativity leads to unique work, even if it has been made possible by what the world brought in to us. We do not all get the same set of input, simply, but even then, we do not have the same skills, the same means, the same time, the same amount of energy, etc. – so many factors differ, that we simply cannot create the same.
However, all that cannot be said similarly for AI – with AI, you could end up with a lot of similar things. It is not likely that two "paintings" made by AI will be identical to the pixel, or that texts will contain exactly the same sequence of the same words, but they can be close enough to look like imitations of each other.
I think that we should value the difference and prefer human-made art. But another important conclusion is that we all have, and get, what it takes to be creative. We all are bombarded with input all the time, and this can create thoughts and actions that will be unique. Skilled people may be able to create almost exact copies of other people's works, but that's a special case, and I don't think that this by itself is creativity (en copying can, though, contain many detailed tasks that require creative solutions, on such as how to recreate a certain colour or stroke of a brush).
I like impressionism too. I am especially fascinated by the pointillism and other colourful varieties, including the early cubism. There was a period with a solid, deliberate separation from traditional art and a focus on creating something completely new, something that was more in line with a human way of thinking and perceiving. Not rational, but emotional.
Roon is great! It costs some money to have it, so it's not a free program, but I think that it is worth the money. There is a free community where people are overly happy to assist if your husband have any questions or considerations: https://community.roonlabs.com/ — and it needs a computer to run on, but there are many options, and many people have something already that can be used. The main thing is that it gives you control of your music and metadata around it, providing you with information about the artists, albums, etc.
Human art moves us in ways that AI could never (don't let the robots hear me 🤫). I agree we all have what it takes. It always blows my mind when people say they're not creative. I think we all can be in different ways.
Yes, agree, and my take is that humans cannot not be creative - we function on our imagination, not so much on instincts. We are not machines.