STAIR and Phenomenological Approach into the Role of AI in the Deconstruction of Art Values
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AI Art, Creative Process, Art Value, STAIR, World MakingAbstract
Embedded within the art are a process, commodity, sentimental, and historical values that set one art apart. On the other hand, AI art enables artists and non-artists to quickly create artwork without requiring any technical skills or tools beyond the image generator; this diminishes many of the traditional values in art. Through literature study, interviews with graphic designers and artists who use AI and those who don’t use AI and the ‘world-making’ and ‘world viewing’ approach in the Science, Technology, and Art in International Relations (STAIR) framework as well as phenomenology analysis, this study examines one critical question: (1) does AI art change the values of artwork? Our findings revealed that those who studied art saw using AI as an underhand and that the art community would ostracize those who used AI. On the other hand, those without an art background have no qualms about using AI and see it as an effective tool to speed up their work. Differing viewpoints of the world-making process in to use and not to use AI suggest AI puts artworks at risk of losing their value from an artistic and process-oriented production and turns it into a business model that focuses on conserving time and cost.AI Art
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