"Art can only be human": researcher dismisses AI music and books as Muzak
JeremyNguyenPhD · x · 2026-10-01
A brief X debate: Jeremy Nguyen argues that art "can only be human" — AI music, books and movies are mere Muzak-style background noise, and moving work depends on one monkey mind communing with another. His interlocutor agrees, invoking the famous elephant paintings long credited to Komar and Melamid. No new data; a representative take in the ongoing AI-art debate.
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