artificial intelligence can only generate output; it takes humans to actually create something, as Pablo Picasso, James McNeill Whistler and the Ern Malley hoax all help to explain

Apr 22, 2026 – 5.00am

Artificial intelligence cannot create; it can only generate. It generates the product while bypassing the process. An artwork is both the art and the work. Consequential art is the product of labour – labour that can be intense and self-reflective or playful and intuitive.

The “value” of an artwork relies on the function of “quality” and “effort” required to produce it: V = f (Q,E).

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