Is using AI to create art cheating?

The role of the artist in creative endeavour has been a much-discussed topic due to recent artwork produced by AI programs such as Midjourney and DALL-E, including a controversial prize winner in Colorado this week. These programs are using artificial intelligence or diffusion machine learning to produce beautiful images. But is it art, and will it put human artists out of a job? Jason Allen's work, Théâtre D'opéra Spatial, created using AI, won a fine art prize in Colorado.Credit:Jason Allen The question "what is art?" has been seminal in the art world for decades. When Australia acquired Blue Poles, critics accused Jackson Pollock of throwing paint at the canvas while drunk.