9th March 2024, 7:36 AM
(This post was last modified: 9th March 2024, 12:58 PM by Sacred Jellybean.)
Art is subjective, and far be it from me to define what constitutes as art to another person. But a significant part for me is that another human had an experience that they want to express. For a given piece of art, most of its meaning are what thoughts and feelings it provokes in me. But at its very basis, another big part is communication.
I suppose this gets into the whole "Death of an Artist" theory by which the original intent is irrelevant to the subjective experience of the audience. I can get behind that (and have even said as much here before), but to me, part of the core concept is that the piece has a creator behind it who's trying to make sense of their world, and conveying that to their audience.
LLMs have no experience they're trying to make sense of or express. It's just an advanced algorithm with no imagination behind it. Imagination requires a subjective experience that LLMs don't and cannot have.
I suppose this gets into the whole "Death of an Artist" theory by which the original intent is irrelevant to the subjective experience of the audience. I can get behind that (and have even said as much here before), but to me, part of the core concept is that the piece has a creator behind it who's trying to make sense of their world, and conveying that to their audience.
LLMs have no experience they're trying to make sense of or express. It's just an advanced algorithm with no imagination behind it. Imagination requires a subjective experience that LLMs don't and cannot have.