The Swissnex exhibition introduced to me a very interesting and different perspective of AI. There’s a lot of controversy regarding AI art, but it was very interesting to hear them validate its use. For example, the hours upon hours of prompting and generating to get the desired outcome, as well as the very innovative projects that are a byproduct of that: the fire on white background, the old sculptural-esque piece, and the videos of using AI in our daily lives.

While I do think that the field trip was a cool experience, my views on AI and art still remain the same (using AI ≠ artist). It is one thing to use it to help with a process (typically for ideation or consolidation of thoughts), but to create a piece entirely with AI is a whole other story. Generative images pose a lot of interesting questions, but calling it “art” is where I would personally draw the line.