Art and software deceive in the same way.
As our discussion of representational and abstract art demonstrates, machine intelligence needs a value-based internal model of the world to interact with its environment. If such an agent is to Continue ReadingWhy You Should Fear A Genuine Autonomous Intelligence Machine
How would an intelligent software agent look at abstract art? Previously, we demonstrated why today’s intelligent agents are unable to comprehend a representational work of art. Could an intelligent agent decode Continue ReadingAbstract Art and Artificial Intelligence
Death is inevitable. Hans Holbein’s The Dance of Death can help us face that reality. Accepting death we can learn how to live. Continue ReadingHans Holbein and the Coronavirus
Examining Velázquez’s Las Meninas
we see what it would take for a machine to approach human intelligence. Continue ReadingMachine Intelligence and Art
“Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions…” David Hume, A Treatise on Human Nature Emotions first, cognition second is the best way to perceive art, Continue ReadingWhy I Hate Most Art Criticism: Beethoven’s Heiligenstadt Testament and Music