2022/08/11

Only Averages: Kevin Buist Parses the Rise of AI-Generated Imagery

“When we look at AI images, we’re unable to match our subjectivity as viewers with the artist’s subjectivity as a creator. Instead of a particular human experience, we’re shown only averages.”
– Design strategist, curator, and writer Kevin Buist, parsing the deluge of digital art created with AI image generators like DALL-E. “AI is not exactly copying artists,” writes Buist. “It’s using their images to generalize visual depictions of everything language can express.”
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