Programmers embrace AI, artists shun it: why great AI art may still be unwritten
repligate · x · 2026-11-06
A forwarded take: programmers have embraced AI while artists shun it like the plague. The author proposes a large AI art bounty to rival the greats, arguing that since only a sliver of people with deep taste ever touch the models, we have no idea yet how beautiful and moving AI art can be — an observation on the divide in creative communities' attitudes toward AI.
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