Autonomy, authenticity, authorship and Intention in computer generated art

Abstract

This paper examines ve key questions surrounding computer generated art. Driven by the recent public auction of a work of AI Art we selectively summarise many decades of research and commentary around topics of autonomy, authenticity, authorship and intention in computer generated art, and use this research to answer contemporary questions often asked about art made by computers that concern these topics. We additionally re ect on whether current techniques in deep learning and Generative Adversarial Networks signi cantly change the answers provided by many decades of prior research.