Genius Art Prank Shows Major Problem With Artificial Intelligence: It’s Too Good

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Can artificial intelligence produce art?

Social media user “SHL0MS” devised a brilliant means of testing this question. SHL0MS presented his followers with two images Tuesday. The first, an AI-generated image in the style of a painting by French impressionist Claude Monet. The second, an image of a painting by Monet himself. Both images depicted lily pads resting on the surface of a reflective pond.

SHL0MS asked his followers to “describe, in as much detail as possible, what makes this inferior to a real Monet painting” and to “focus on the specific visual elements that distinguish the AI image from a real Monet painting like the below.” 

The initial post racked up over 5.5 million views. Users chimed in with varying critiques (many of which have since been deleted). (RELATED: AI Is About To Overhaul Entire Health Care Industry—But Is That A Good........

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