Lianhe Zaobao: Artists: AI can generate "reasonable" content, but it can't give it "soul."
In this article, Lianhe Zaobao explores the impact of artificial intelligence on the arts and creative industries.
Kathryn Shannon Sim, Programme Leader, BA (Hons) Fashions Media and Industries, shared: “AI makes content generation increasingly accessible, and creative value will depend less on producing more content and more on producing work with meaning, authenticity and purpose. The future of arts and creative industries will place an even greater emphasis on human craftsmanship, not craftsmanship defined by manual execution alone, but by the uniquely human capacity to exercise judgement, imagination and cultural insight in ways that technology cannot replicate.”
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