[mejutoco]

> If a piece of art is made by a computer based on detailed instructions, that art was made by a computer, not a person.

I completely disagree with this. According to this, no code can be art. For instance, videogames.

It has been enough time since ready-made (Duchamps urinal) and found objects, djing and sampling, and concept art. Art is not only drawing beautiful illustrations since at least the 2 world wars.

> If I give detailed instructions to a human ghost writer about a story I want them to write, I don't think anyone would say that I wrote the story.

This is exactly how many artists work today, with a small army of workers, even interns, to execute the plan of the artist. Even Rembrandt had people painting to produce more pictures. Another example would be architects: does the star architect execute everything, or do they have the vision and instruct their very large teams?

IMO it is all about the intent and interpretation of a human.

[arsome]

> no code can be art. For instance, videogames.

I feel like this is probably a pretty bad example, generally the "art" in video games comes from things like dialogue, storytelling, level design, graphical art, not the physics engine or the renderer. There is simply not art there, it's more engineering.

There's little more art in the code portion of video games than there is in a jet engine.

[mejutoco]

Again, I hear art here often as "that nice cover illustration, or that 3d model". A bit like people talk about "content".

Art can be anything, and I definitely consider some videogames art. The same can be said about architecture.