AI has shown us just how close we can get to art without any motivation or original thought, and what’s shocking is that it’s pretty damn close. We feel offended because something that we once believed was deeply personal and expressive is, in reality, mostly not. Our emotions and ideas are much less complex than we’d like to believe.

Once you get past that initial reaction, you start to focus on what AI art LACKS, and that’s what I find to be most interesting, because that is where the true essence of art lies. Anybody, even a computer, can learn to draw beautiful images, but only an artist can make it MEAN something.