Art & AI: What Place for Human Artists in a Future Dominated by Artificial Intelligence

Written in collaboration with Ahmed Elgammal, professor at Rutgers University

Should intelligent machines someday have their own pavilion at the Venice Biennale? A decade ago that would have been a ridiculous and bizarre question. Today, however, following the latest developments in art and artificial intelligence (AI), it’s becoming relevant.

The creative professions have hitherto considered themselves immune to the rising onslaught of AI. That delusion is coming to an end. Like it or not, the age of Algorithmic art is here. While the art establishment is unlikely to embrace the new technology, (and probably will disparage it just like what happened when video art and performance art first appeared), the fact remains that this new technology and art form can’t be stopped.

The Art of Blockchain - Part 2

The Art of Blockchain - Part 2

“… when and where it was displayed, for how long, and even how it was transported from point A to point B; how many hands - and whose hands - touched it along the way, etc.  All this can be recorded in that highly secure and immutable manner for which the Blockchain is known.”

The Art of Blockchain - Part 1

The Art of Blockchain - Part 1

While we’ve been going about our busy lives, over the past few years a quiet revolution has been brewing in the art world thanks to blockchain, the system of decentralized digital ledgers originally created nine years ago to power the controversial and volatile crypto-currency, Bitcoin, which has been creating a ruckus in recent weeks.