Can a robot be an artist? P4C stimulus

This image was created by an online AI art site when I typed in “children doing philosophy”!

Here’s an interesting discussion topic for your class:

In 2022 there was controversy about an art prize being won by artificial intelligence. This raises questions such as

• What is art?

• Does art have to be created by an artist?

• Who can be an artist?

• Is creativity limited to humans?

• Artificial intelligence – good idea / bad idea?

• Which jobs would we be happy for robots to do?

Here’s a link to an article discussing the issue:

https://theconversation.com/ai-can-produce-prize-winning-art-but-it-still-cant-compete-with-human-creativity-190279