Artists have traditionally embraced the pain, effort, suffering, and sacrifice inherent in their craft as a means to truly value and understand art. AI’s rise is not just a tech evolution, but a canvas for humanity’s existential art.
Many readers might find genuine emotion in the AI's poem, even if it wasn’t “felt” during its creation by the creator. While human poetry may excel in layered emotion, but not to forget that humans also operate with patterns and probabilities, shaped by culture, language, and memory. Our brains predictively process information, much like an algorithm—albeit a biological one.
The Paradox of Painless Art: Rediscovering the Artist’s Sacrifice in the Age of AI