Art in the Age of AI: The New Art Revolution

How does Art in the Age of AI exist, survive and progress? In the last few days, Social media networks like Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram have been flooded with Studio Ghibli style photographs created through AI platforms like ChatGPT and Groks. Studio Ghibli is a Japanese animation studio based in Koganei, Tokyo. It has a versatile presence in the animation industry. AI continues copying their style to reshape the portraits of people, places and objects. People are enthusiastic, optimistic and critical about this trend. Though most of the users have continued using it on their social media handles, the experts think that it is purely a copyright violation and unethical practice. When AI has made it possible to taste, utilise and experiment with famous artwork, the ethical issues have remained a vital question.

The domain of arts is no longer exclusive to human artists. AI has brought new art movements across the globe with easily accessible tools and innovative ideas. The trending artworks created by AI have resulted in the introduction of new artists’ genres like Neural Art and Algorithmic Expression. So the question arises if AI is going to replace human artists very soon. In this blog, we have tried to find out the impact of AI on traditional artworks and its pros and cons.

Collaboration of AI and Human Intelligence

AI can be a vital assistance in reshaping traditional art forms. The application of Artificial Intelligence can reduce the manual labour of the artists in many cases. For instance, AI can help an author to receive important information about anything that can be the subject matter of his writing. AI helps to find out the existing literature on a particular genre and topics and thus it reduces the burden and time for an author.

Photography Artists and painters can use AI tools to enhance their art. It also offers insight into how an artist works with new forms and ideas. There are many artists who combine AI-generated art forms with their own creativity for effective design and unique art. In a photography exhibition, we often see such hybrid pictures in the Open Colour and the Open Monochrome sections.

Problems on Depending on AI

The dependencies of artists on AI may raise ethical and legal complications. AI generates texts and graphics extracting information and ideas out of existing artworks. So depending on AI algorithms might violate copyright norms. Artificial Intelligence isn’t as unique as natural intelligence. So, there is always a lack of creativity when art is generated through AI. Otherwise, AI may lead creation of fake artwork that may appear realistic. Over-dependence on technology will lead to the loss of human creativity. It will reduce the power of human thought processes. AI not only leads to the violation of copyrights, it may distort artistic truths and vision. The ideas and inspiration behind an artwork might not be reflected when a hybride art is produced through AI.

Impact on Artists’ Popularity and Market 

AI is easily accessible and the artwork created through AI costs nothing or a little bit compared to the art created by human artists. Stories written by ChatGPT have been a much-discussed topic on the internet. Despite this fact, people still believe in human stories and art created by human artists. Readers, viewers and critics may try the AI-generated artwork, but that is mostly for experimentation. AI artwork never satisfies people’s aesthetic needs. When AI tools like ChatGPT, DeepSeek, GROK, Meta etc are ruling the world, the best-selling novels are still written by human beings and it will be like this forever.

AI is a Threat or a Blessing

This is very hard to conclude if AI is a threat or a blessing for an artist. AI may be a threat to mankind if we turn out to be the blind followers of AI. The utilisation of AI for creating art often violates the rights of the intellectual property of an artist. AI can draft texts, and create images based on prompts and inputs of the users, but it certainly lacks the aesthetic issues and creativity that real art possesses. Hence taking AI as an alternative to artist is not only unethical, but also misleading and unlawful. Artists can use AI to assist their artwork rather than creating art. If the artists can handle AI tactfully for finding information, enhancing their artwork and making hybrid art out of human and AI interaction, AI can truly be a blessing for the artists.