ART AND AI ART - ART OR CRAFT?

FROM THE NEOLITHIC and probably before THROUGH THE AGES until THE TIME OF AI ARTISTS HAVE MAN HAS SOUGHT THROUGH ART AND ART MOVEMENTS TO ENRICH PEOPLE'S LIVES AS WELL AS SHAPE SOCIETY, HOWEVER:

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• WHAT IS ART and what is AI ART?  IS IT OR CAN IT BE CRAFT ALSO?

• IS AI ART A NEW ART FORM OR AN EMBODIMENT OF TRADITIONAL ART WRAPPED UP IN NEW FORMS?  Could IT BE THUS?  

• CAN AI ART CAPTURE THE ESSENCE OF PAST MASTERS OR UNFURL SOMETHING NEW?

AND THERE ARE QUESTIONS POSED:

• HOW HAS ART SHAPED OUR WORLD (OVER THE MILlENnIA)?

• HOW IS AI ART SHAPING OUR WORLD TODAY?  

• IS IT REALLY NECESSARY THAT ART SHAPES THE WORLD?  OR IS IT THAT IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE?

• WHAT ARE THE EMERGENT AI ART MOVEMENTS?  HOW WILL ART REPRESENTATION EVOLVE AND SHIFT OVER TIME?

• CAN AI ART EVER EXPECT TO SURPASS THE ARTISTS OF THE PAST?  WHO ARE TODAY's AI ARTISTSALL THESE

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QUESTIONS AND TOPICS WILL BE EXPLORED AS WE EXPLORE THE HISTORY OF ART.