[itronitron]

I'm curious to know from the people commenting on this thread that they would buy one of these generated paintings whether they would still be interested if the paintings were artworks made by people. I'm guessing that there are two distinct markets here.

[op03]

2 is a very small number. Peoples personalities and needs vary wildly and are ever changing. And there will be some artist sitting somewhere catering to some unimaginable combo. Thats how we end up with a gazillion Youtube videos.

On the otherhand look at Netflix (or Tiktok though I am less familiar with it) where there is more sophisticated feedback loop deciding what content get produced. They are generating Art, so much Art that personally speaking, I can barely remember who the creator was or what the creators story is. And I have no problem paying.

Yet obviously there are a whole bunch of people very very different from me, part of huge fan clubs and movements built around connection with the creators and their narratives, much like sports fans, political junkies and religions people.

So who knows, we might get a cult or two or seven hundred following different Algos soon.

The number of those cults (and markets) possible is dependent on the personalities and needs distribution of the population. Zuckerberg probably can generate the data. But it changes like the weather everyday. With love, with war, with age, with depression etc etc etc. Where Art is concerned its definitely more than 2 though.

[jcims]

If i could get large enough resolution to print something on the order of 20-30" and it still look good i'd spend an hour mining through to find good stuff. Most of them aren't interesting but there are a few that are very pleasing to look at. Plus the backstory is interesting.

[wimpypistol]

Yes, good point. I think a major part of the appeal is the backstory. I do love abstract art, though, so I'm probably a non-representative sample :-)