I like the idea that a piece of art, in addition of ultimately ending up as pixels on my screen, is also a window into a world that has been dreamt up by real human imagination, driven by their hopes and fears.
I guess this actually defines the fringe between ai-art enjoyers and haters - some people prefer what art does to their imagination, while others look at what art does to others'
Going further, the latter perspective may not even be about "what art doe to others", but about being able to talk about it.
This friction has been present for a long time, probably since before printed media, and way before anyone had any notions about generative AI. You can see it particularly clearly at the border between pop-culture and nerd world. Think of works like, e.g. "Harry Potter", "Lord of the Rings", or "Game of Thrones" - hugely popular, but you have two distinct groups that don't mix well: people who enjoy the work of fiction for its intrinsic characteristics (like lore/worldbuilding), vs. people who enjoy it as social object, giving a different flavor to the daily socializing with friends. Nerds vs. Normies, if you like. They talk past each other a lot.
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I guess this actually defines the fringe between ai-art enjoyers and haters - some people prefer what art does to their imagination, while others look at what art does to others'
Going further, the latter perspective may not even be about "what art doe to others", but about being able to talk about it.
This friction has been present for a long time, probably since before printed media, and way before anyone had any notions about generative AI. You can see it particularly clearly at the border between pop-culture and nerd world. Think of works like, e.g. "Harry Potter", "Lord of the Rings", or "Game of Thrones" - hugely popular, but you have two distinct groups that don't mix well: people who enjoy the work of fiction for its intrinsic characteristics (like lore/worldbuilding), vs. people who enjoy it as social object, giving a different flavor to the daily socializing with friends. Nerds vs. Normies, if you like. They talk past each other a lot.