A presentation at Beyond Tellerrand in November 2024 in Berlin, Germany by Hidde de Vries

While some art can be automated, I think creativity cannot be computed. Art is as much about the artist and audience than it is about its deliverables. Lovelace keeps haunting me in my dreams… it’s this possibility of exaggerated ideas… there’s a lot of hype and it may just be the case that it is not be entirely true that AI can be creative. Of course, we can use computers to express ourselves creatively.

But making creative work is about process, intentions and creativity. Not the output or tools. I love computers but they don’t use creativity in the way artists can.

So my advice is two-fold. First, make art. Join a choir or pottery class. Start painting, make weird novelty websites. And second: enjoy art. Get out to your local theaters, museums, music venues… they are the best thing to spend your money on.