Letter: By its dissatisfaction shall you know machine art (1)

From Alec Cawley, Penwood, Berkshire, UK

Douglas Heaven reviews The Artist in the Machine: The world of AI-powered creativity and notes the argument that works created by a machine aren’t art, while those created by a human aren’t machine art (14 December 2019, p 30).

All the creative artists I know are constantly dissatisfied with their work. They always feel that they could do better, and sometimes want to destroy works that they have made.

When a computer can express the same dissatisfaction with its art, I will believe both that it is creative and that it may have become conscious.