The Central Times staff always welcomes input from our readers. After all, you are the audience that we serve. Articles about some of the topics suggested on our YOUR VOICE MATTERS form are in the works, but sophomore Presley Basham’s comments about AI caught our attention and warranted immediate publishing. Here’s how she answered the question, “What is an issue that teens are facing that needs more awareness?”
When I go to the Bruin Art Society it upsets me to see the sheer amount of art is made by AI. The definition of art is “the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination.” Art is supposed to show how us HUMANS feel, it’s used to express our emotions and our desires, it’s supposed to convey meaning. When you put a prompt into an AI generator it doesn’t have a meaning. A human didn’t toil over a canvas for hours, no human sat at their desk working on designs and worrying if people will ever like it. AI art is not art.
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Sam • Mar 4, 2025 at 7:07 pm
If you wouldn’t mind explaining, what art is AI generated. I believe I’ve read almost every piece and seen the pieces that aren’t written, yet all of it felt real to me.
Presley • Mar 5, 2025 at 10:42 am
By AI art I mean the drawing or picture depiction, not the writing. When someone writes something, usually they want people to focus on the writing and not the art, so they slap on some AI-generated piece they made on canva. However, I find that written pieces are stronger when there is actual art in place. There are a multitude of artists in the school that would love to take commissions and it may get more people to click on your piece.
Sam • Mar 6, 2025 at 4:21 pm
So correct me if I’m wrong, but you’re saying that students should collaborate, at the very least, to create a graphic that fits the piece rather than generate one through AI? Even if the AI generated image is exactly what you wanted as representation? Some may disagree with me, but as long as it fits what you think it should represent, it is still art.
Presley Basham • Mar 13, 2025 at 11:10 am
Look up the definition of art for me. The exact Oxford Languages definition is “the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.” Emphasis on the HUMAN. AI stands for ‘artificial intelligence’, meaning that it is not human. Art doesn’t mean an image that represents what you’re saying, because if you use that definition at the end of the day that means that stolen images off the internet is art too.
Sam • Mar 13, 2025 at 4:08 pm
I see what you’re saying about stolen images, but I completely disagree about the AI generated stuff. Artificial intelligence is still made by humans, therefore by transitive property, so is the art. All you do is tell what story you want the art to tell – and it does tell a story, always.