Will the Next Picasso Be a Robot?
First, they came for our jobs. Then they started painting.
There’s no doubt that A.I. will play a transformative role in society in the future. In fact, it’s already doing it. In the last five years, artificial intelligence has come from perennial algorithms to become one of the most innovative technologies ever available.
All the big players in the tech industry — Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft — are hugely reliant on A.I. and are investing heavily in it for their future ventures. It is yet to be seen which one of them will reach the uncanny valley first.
When we think about A.I., we usually imagine it replacing cashiers at supermarkets or as the voice behind Alexa answering our repetitive requests about the weather or driving Teslas. In recent years, automation has demonstrated the ability to perform technical tasks, such as recognizing faces and places, understanding speech, and writing news articles. But new developments in computer power are making it possible for automation to master skills we once thought were reserved for humans. Like creating art.
In the art field, artificial intelligence has undergone a deep learning process. Fed with thousands of online art databases, the technology now has the ability to recognize a wide range of art styles…
