What Makes Art Great? — Nabeel S. Qureshi
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← Back What Makes Art Great? Published: May 2, 2026 . Substack version Tilework inside Shah Mosque, Isfahan. Shakespeare is excellent, whereas AI writing is — at least, for now — dull. AIs can now write much of our code, review legal contracts, and perform various impressive feats; they have achieved gold-medal-level scores at the IMO. But, as of this writing, I am not aware of a truly interesting AI-written poem or even essay. Why? This breaks down into two questions: What makes texts good? Why is it difficult for AI to do that? 1 This essay will focus on question 1, and is thus mostly about
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