AI paintings won awards, and even art work cannot avoid being engulfed by machines?

Allen said on his Discord, “I got the first prize.”
According to the fair’s official website, Allen’s winning painting is called Théâtre D’opéra Spatial. Its winning category is “Digital Art/Digitally Retouched Photos”. The painting looks like a magnificent masterpiece, but in fact, this painting was not completed by him, but was generated using the AI ​​drawing tool Midjourney.

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Therefore, once the award was awarded, there was a lot of controversy on Twitter. Many artists and creative enthusiasts believe that Allen’s move has accelerated the demise of creative work.
“It’s a damn thing to win first prize in the art field with an AI painting,” said artist Genel Jumalon.
“We are witnessing the death of art,” said one netizen’s comment, which received 2,000 likes. “If even art work can’t avoid being engulfed by machines, then high-skilled jobs will also face the crisis of being eliminated. At that time, , what are we left with?”
Allen responded on Discord, saying, “I know the award is controversial, but aren’t the people who are betraying creative workers on Twitter who deny that humans have a role in AI creation? How hypocritical is that? !”
Before the results were announced, Allen posted that he adjusted the input text and used Midjourney to generate more than 100 paintings. After several weeks of revision and selection, he selected the three most satisfactory works, and used Gigapixel AI to zoom in and use Gigapixel AI. Print on canvas.
In an interview, Allen said that when he submitted his work, he had marked “Jason Allen via Midjourney” in the author column, and also used Photoshop and Gigapixel for processing. In his view, the human element is also an important part of completing the work.
He said frankly, “I won’t stop because of this. Winning this award gives me the courage to move forward on this road.”
On Weibo, some netizens also expressed their views on the matter-
“I don’t think the artist will say, the scene art design will be the first wave of replacement.”
“What AI does is repetitive work, and the process of adjusting selection is art. Art theory has long solved such problems…”
“It’s hard not to worry about painters losing their jobs.”