Technology and art
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How does technology change art (the big claim)?
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Each new tool reopens what art even is, not just how it's made — the camera, film, digital and now AI all move the boundary of art.
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The lesson of the camera?
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Photography 'wasn't art', yet became one and freed painting to explore expression — a new tool moves the boundary of art rather than erasing it.
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Reply to 'the camera just records'?
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The photographer chooses what, when, how and why to frame — the choosing is where the art lives.
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AI-generated art?
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Images or music produced by a machine trained on huge amounts of existing work, from a short human prompt.
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The 'less art' worry about AI?
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If a machine did the making, is there any art here — or just a clever output?
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The 'author worry' about AI?
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Who made it — the person who typed the words, the coders, or the countless artists whose work trained the machine?
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Why is AI 'the camera panic returned'?
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The same 'is a machine-made image art?' worry, but sharper — the human has stepped further back from the work.
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Where does art 'relocate' as tools remove skill?
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To what the machine can't do — the choosing, the meaning and the why (the irreducibly human part).
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