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David Gerard ( dgerard@awful.systems ) M to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 9 months ago

Art student protests other student’s AI ‘art’: he eats it

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Art student protests other student’s AI ‘art’: he eats it

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David Gerard ( dgerard@awful.systems ) M to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 9 months ago
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What is art? Can AI generated images be art? Now, I’m a maximalist for “is it art” questions. There’s a universe where it’s possible, sure. But art exists in a context. Conceptual art is made of co…

creates art a thousand times the worth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViGMZCIq71Y&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA- video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260119-art-student-protests-other-students-ai-art-he-eats-it - podcast

time: 5 min 11 sec

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  • Semisimian ( semisimian@startrek.website ) 
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    Nice of Dwyer to make his art edible. I expect this to be a stunt. It is exactly the type of thing I did with my friends in art school. We really thought we were edgy. I’m glad no one was there to write a snarky article about it, though there were people there to arrest us.

    • ShakingMyHead ( ShakingMyHead@awful.systems ) 
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      You can eat paint. You shouldn’t, but you can. He also has a court date so that’s quite the dedication if it was a stunt.

    • David Gerard ( dgerard@awful.systems ) OP
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      it’s art school, it’s all a stunt

      • moonshadow ( moonshadow@slrpnk.net ) 
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        All the world’s a stunt, and all the men and women merely slick

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          i like this version of the quote more

  • BlueMonday1984 ( BlueMonday1984@awful.systems ) 
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    I’ve seen memes about eating people’s art, but never a literal case, lmaoooooooooooo

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    He should have put the printouts on display post-digestion, thus turning himself into a provocative parody of GenAI.

  • Soyweiser ( Soyweiser@awful.systems ) 
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    AI actually approves!

  • arbitraryidentifier ( arbitraryidentifier@awful.systems ) 
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    the proof of the art is in the tasting

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    the AI Eater Speaks in a new interview.

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