The novice artist Jason M. Allen put a picture drawn by artificial intelligence for a competition in the United States, and won. The art community is furious, reports CNN.
According to the Allen game designer, he was too nervous in front of his first art competition. The artist planned to participate in the category “digital art/digital processing of photography” units of young artists at the competition of fine arts at the Kolorado Fair.
Due to stress, he used the Midjourney artificial intelligence system, which creates detailed images with prompts. With its help, Jason M. Allen created the painting “Théâtre d’Apéra Spatial” (“Theater of the Space Opera” – ed.), Which took first place in the competition. The artist received $ 300.
The news of the method of victory of the game designer stirred the art community. People were furious, because, in their opinion, this is no longer art. “This is suck for the same reason why we do not allow robots to participate in the Olympic Games,” wrote one of Twitter users.
“This literal definition” pressed several buttons to create a digital work of art, ”another artist wrote.
But even after this news, the jury retained the first place for Alan, calling his painting “Beautiful thing”.