Art And Consciousness Quotes

“The fulfillment through “artistic ideals” has been and will remain throughout history a multidimensional and complex social phenomenon, and the formal constructions of expression — naturally shaped within the significant tree of memorable human experiences — have evolved exponentially, from one stage to another, tending to compress for the common benefit the most precious message “induced” to posterity: the assimilation of diversity.

It was fully plausible and even inevitable that — in the light of multiple scientific discoveries in its leading branches such as cybernetics and information technology, quantum nanotechnology, holography, and others long established in the background of everyday reality — artificial intelligence would also be consistently endowed de facto with the chance and capability to perform in the metabolization of cognitively creative activities, similar to human beings, including the autonomous conception of artistic tastes.

Yet, beyond certain notable achievements in training various forms of artificial intelligence to create “new styles of art” (through the generation of sounds, images, texts), there subsists a contingency that transcends finality. No matter how marvelous and seductive the artistic work thus conceived may appear — whether referring to musical pieces, paintings, or literary fictions — without in any way denying the unpredictable savor one may experience upon direct contact with such creations, as something unique and unusual, it is easy to understand that they will never possess the capacity to replace the state of spirit and emotion, nor the specific weight reflecting the physics of the human soul.”
― Dumitru Găleșanu , Poetică metafizică / Poetica metafisica