The upside to the dehumanization of art

Globally, everyday people are sounding the alarm against AI’s impact on traditional forms of creativity and art. I continue to be enchanted by what I can create with image and video-gen AI. But I’m also deeply troubled by the human impact, and it’s toll to foundational creativity worldwide.

But there’s a potential upside for humanity.

As more and more fantastical AI-generated video and images emerge, we’re becoming desensitized. Visuals that were once the domain of dreams are increasingly commonplace. My hope for all of us that that gen-AI will accelerate us toward a new understanding and relationship with art. An intrinsic, and globally articulated acknowledgement that true art is born of personal experience.

The art of Herring, Basquiat, Warhol, Goya, Rembrandt and Bosch are important not just because they are visually interesting, but because they are a chronicle of the artists’ personal experience and their connection to time and place.