Gregory's Server@Joseph_of_Earth I think you are right about it. The same than when a street portraitist with charcoal finishes a piece nowadays and people around them tell "it looks like a photo" as a compliment. I guess when photo appeared, it wasn't well received to compare a painting to a photo.
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@davidrevoy But also I am not artistic so this is all very armchair analyst of me to say!  @Joseph_of_Earth Hey, it's fine and totally a rich discussion. Totally a good point about photo. 👍 |
@davidrevoy I think it's a difference in kind. If an artist is going for photo-realism, I can imagine it being a compliment to have your work be compared to a photo. In a material sense you can argue that photos are the ultimate way to capture a picture of the world.
To be compared to AI as a compliment implies that AI has a high level of skill, and you are good when measured up against that level of skill. I will be sad if AI becomes the ruler we use to measure quality in art.