Chat, I have an idea forming, and I would really appreciate it if someone who knows more about artistic expression than I do could weigh in and tell me if I'm totally wrong or indeed: missing something.
I was thinking about generative AI and how if it is allowed to generate purely from a prompt, it will spit out an amalgamation of whatever culture has deemed to be "good art". And that feels soulless, yeah?
And it made me think about conversations with people I care about who said art school "destroyed their souls".
And these two ideas feel like they should connect in some way. Like maybe gatekeeping the ways we express ourselves through art en masse ends up giving us a soulless amalgamation containing no novel ways to do things? It feels like the constant sequel and reboot cycle, but for the whole culture.
Then again, I've also heard from artists of different mediums that it's important to have an objective standard for Good Art, and I think the argument is mostly that art is a form of communication, and communication won't happen if there are no accepted standards from which to work from.
I'd really like hear your opinions and learn from your knowledge and experiences (famous last words). If you want to discuss, please reblog or comment on this post. Again, this is me asking you for help because I want to learn about a topic I don't have much experience with, so I'd appreciate not personally attacking me for my ignorance or misunderstandings.