[codeulike]

Seems to me that the author of the article is very aware that the computer is not doing the art itself. His point is more subtle than might be apparent from the headline. My reading of it is kindof that at the time (and I'm sure since) "art dealers" were pushing a new fad every few years and the 1970s fuss about computer art was very faddy. Questions like 'is a computer an artist' are relevent now, but likely weren't very relevant in 1970, and so were what we would now call hype.

The author is still around - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frieder_Nake

And still has lots to say - https://twitter.com/carlcanary