{"id":10838,"date":"2026-04-21T19:10:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T19:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/blood-sweat-and-tears-why-ai-art-is-a-contradiction-in-terms-afr\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T19:10:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T19:10:46","slug":"blood-sweat-and-tears-why-ai-art-is-a-contradiction-in-terms-afr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/blood-sweat-and-tears-why-ai-art-is-a-contradiction-in-terms-afr\/","title":{"rendered":"Blood, sweat and tears: Why AI art is a contradiction in terms – AFR"},"content":{"rendered":"

We value art both for itself and the human story behind it \u2013 think Beethoven\u2019s deafness and Van Gogh\u2019s madness. AI can only generate; it can never create.
AI and art\u00a0Michaela Pollock<\/cite>
Artificial intelligence cannot create; it can only generate. It generates the product<\/i> while bypassing the process<\/i>. An artwork is both the art and the work. Consequential art is the product of labour \u2013 labour that can be intense and self-reflective or playful and intuitive.
The \u201cvalue\u201d of an artwork relies on the function of \u201cquality\u201d and \u201ceffort\u201d required to produce it: V = f (Q,E).
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