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Art of Confusion: Humans Prefer ‘Real’ Art to AI Art, But Struggle to Tell the Difference - Decrypt

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“While people may perceive human- and machine-generated art in the same way, the way they feel about the art is different,” a recent study concluded.

The line between artificial intelligence and human creativity are blurring rapidly across the board, but the shades of gray are especially muddled in the art world. New research shows that AI images are already good enough that people are often unable to differentiate between it and art created by humans—but somehow manage to prefer the latter. As AI tools like DALL-E, Midjourney and Stable Diffusion churn out paintings, sketches, sculptures and more, something deeper in our artistic consciousness may still respond more strongly to works crafted by human hands and minds. New research from…

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