Inspired by my unease with the presence of technology in my daily life, I created this piece inspired by AI art. Artificial intelligence currently struggles to correctly form human bodies, blending together body parts to create often unnerving images. The uncanniness of the image reflects my own feelings of discomfort concerning AI art as an artist. This painting is based on several AI-generated images, and I sought to create a ‘parody’ of them: a piece which resembles AI art, but which is ultimately manmade. This blending together of human and artificial is intended to question at which point an artwork is deemed ‘human’. The purpose of this piece was not only to arrive at a completed work, but also to document its creation from underpainting to final product, and taking note of the time taken to complete the work. A piece that could be essentially created by an AI-generated image in 2 seconds took me over 15 hours to finish.
