When AI Meets the Future of Art

It is a two-step process beginning with pre-curation, whereby an artist selects hundreds of images from any time period. The algorithm then judges the images and determines which one aligns with the desired input (perhaps the recreation of a lost work). The artist or curator then reviews the algorithm's results in a step called post-curation. There is an element of human interaction through the pre- and post-curation steps but AI is largely responsible for the heavy lifting of "recreating" a lost work or preserving one at risk. AI is also getting into the field of creating art itself. Last month, Warner Music signed an AI algorithm to a record deal.