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Art through Artificial Intelligence

Throughout its history, AI art has been shaped by the interplay between technological advancements, artistic experimentation, and the evolving capabilities of artificial intelligence. It remains an exciting and dynamic field that reflects the ongoing collaboration between human creativity and machine intelligence. The earliest traces of AI art can be linked to the work of early computer programmers and artists who were experimenting with the capabilities of the first computers. Artists like Ben Laposky created electronic patterns using analog computers.

Another AI artist named Harold Cohen, “initially studied painting at the Slade School of Fine Arts in London and later taught there. He gained recognition as a painter with exhibitions in galleries and major museums, representing Great Britain in various international shows during the 1960s. Cohen's artistic journey took a turn when he moved to San Diego, becoming intrigued by computer programming and artificial intelligence. In 1971, he spent two years at the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory of Stanford University as a Guest Scholar. From that point onward, Cohen focused on creating a machine-based simulation of the cognitive processes involved in human drawing. This endeavor resulted in the ongoing program AARON, which has showcased its ability to produce original "freehand" drawings in museums and science centers across the United States, Europe, and Japan.”

AI art has come a long way since its origin. In the 2020s, text-to-image models approached the realism of actual photographs and human-created art. OpenAI, utilizing Transformer models from GPT-2 and GPT-3, introduced DALL-E in 2021, an AI system capable of generating high-quality images from natural language prompts. The year 2022 saw the release of Midjourney, sparking a significant increase in the use of AI for generating visual art. Additionally, in 2022, Refik Anadol pioneered an AI art installation at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, drawing inspiration from the museum's own collection.