[TaylorAlexander]

> 'computers' can now rival the greatest painted masterpieces from all of human history

This is only true if you misunderstand the meaning of art as a concept and its relationship to humanity.

[nickburns]

my provocative phrasing was of course intentional (which i'm all but certain you realized). couldn't agree with you more.

[TaylorAlexander]

This was not at all clear to me, nor is it clear upon rereading it now with this information. Plenty of people believe that without reservation.

[nickburns]

i appreciate your frank reply. by posing my question in such a way so as to illicit discourse, my position was lost and does read ambiguous.

i would like to not agree with you that plenty of people believe machine-generated work is even in the same universe as human art (including that which is not painted). but i'm afraid you may be right.