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“I’m not worried about AI,“ Jerry Seinfeld quipped at a recent stand-up date. “They’ll make it smarter and smarter, but to do this you have to make it dumber” Comedy may be safe from the invasion of artificial intelligence for now, but it seems like every other end of the arts is contending with the long-awaited
yet sudden-seeming arrival of the robots.

Al language and deep-learning models are entering their hyper-dilettantism era, dabbling in literature, visual art, film, music and more. They’re writing poems — described by some as “soulless and barren” — but who among us hasn’t? They’redrafting screenplays and writing tremendously iffymusic. It’s a phase — give them a few microseconds and they’ll grow out of it.

So rapid, in fact, is the development of AI that no one quite knows What to think of it. Artists are freaked out, critics are turned on, and computers continue their indifferent grind and whir. Does art made by artificial intelligence truly represent a threat to the livelihoods of human artists?

“As an Al language model, I do not have personal opinions or beliefs, but I can provide some information on the topic,” ChatGPT said when I asked it the
same question.

“Art created by Al algorithms can have a profound impact on the art world, but it does not necessarily represent a threat to the livelihoods of human
artists” the chatbot continued. “In fact, some argue that Al-generated art can bring new and unique perspectives to the field, and serve as a tool for
human artists to explore new creative avenues.”

ChatGPT went on to note that Al-generated art is still in its early stages, which is true; that it will be a long time before algorithms can replicate human
emotional depth, which seems true; and that the art world must “remain vigilant and proactive in adapting to new technologies as they emerge,” which, I’m
just gonna be honest here, sounds a bit like a threat. Did anyone else hear that like a threat? I’m closing my browser now.

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