Overcoming these challenges is what Vincent finds the most rewarding throughout his journey as the curator of If Only AI. "What I love most about my creative process [is] battling with Midjourney," he claims.
"Many things do not (yet) work on Midjourney. But when I manipulate my different techniques to do what is basically not possible and achieve the expected result, it's a joy."
And here we find ourselves pondering the most burning question: what do we as a society think of AI art? Is AI-generated creativity legit? Is it an art and design killer? We asked Vincent's opinion on the topic. And he has a very open-ended answer.
He says he simply doesn't engage in such conversations with critics and doesn't have a formal answer. "Art, in my opinion, is a very personal perception. AI is, for me, a liberating tool for creativity – but is a creative person a creator? I leave you to ponder on that."
Some artists have nothing against AI-generated art. They think it will only propel old-school artists to greater heights by making physical art more special, unique and desirable. Others believe that the pressure of existing AI-generated images might improve the personal style in their art.
However, some artists have a more bleak outlook. Artist and critic Eric Wayne likens this moment in time to when Microsoft's Deep Blue defeated Chess master Gary Kasparov.
"I still hold onto the notion that someone could certainly use AI in a very individual and creative way, but that just trains the AI, in which case the AI then shares that same capacity to use against humans, so to speak."
