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The expression "OpenArt" sounds like a good fit for true art, as opposed to a form of synthetic visual production of visual arts mimicking art. In a way is hijacking the notion of arts out of humanity.

Any philosophers around to help us with this?

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OpenArt means opening up all possibilities of art. We believe that AI and human together will do this together.

Fair proposition, but then what's the place of humans there? How aren't they deprived of participation in creation and forced to stay as mere consumers in there?

First define "true art" and we'll start there

Precisely, that's why we need a bit of help from philosophers and people that has deep historical knowledge of Art.

From my naivety, if art started as a form of human expression, purely synthetically produced expressions are the antithesis of art. We can discuss what that is instead.

I think many people who aren't artists lack the skills to express their creativity and imagination, in a visual way like the artists do, and that's how this kind of AI tool can help with.

But you're talking about high-cultural art thresholds, which is a valid topic but not the core of the concept.

Any kid is an artist in a way, every caveman that painted its cave was an artist, you seducing your wife/girlfriend/significant other are doing art. Some silly memes are or aren't?

That's why I repeat. We need a remix of technologists and philosopher's raising this discussion up.

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