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What’s All This About a Chair, Anyway? (on art, games, and AI) (spacebiff.com)

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You might have heard that a fairly large board game publisher recently crowdfunded an entry in a well-loved series using AI-generative illustrations. Now, here at Space-Biff!, it’s my policy to pass on any titles that use generative AI in place of human craftsmanship. (...) But I get that many people may not understand such a stance. So let’s talk.

What is art? Are games art? Is "AI art" art?

It's a delightful, beautiful read. It touches on Roger Ebert's views, which are more nuanced than I thought. You know, the famous critic that once said that "games are not art".

The article leans more towards tabletop, but it is interesting from a digital perspective nonetheless.

(and there's tooltip text on the images)

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[–] Codename_goose 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

This was extremely well thought out and compelling. While i agree art is and should always be a human endeavor, i might butt heads or quibble with them over veritable semantics of what is art and what isn’t, but should be something we do as we both live different lives and have different experiences. This is not a detractor of the piece but a declaration that I would love to have a beer with this person and chat the long hours over art, games and pop culture.

Edits: for grammar and clarity.