Updated On: 25 September, 2022 08:29 AM IST | Mumbai | Jaison Lewis
Here’s an account of everything you’d want to know about AI art and how you can get into creating one on, or of, your own

The image generated by Midjourney came from a prompt by Jason Allen. The image titled Théâtre D’opéra Spatial won Colorado State Fair’s fine arts competition, prompting a debate about art. Pics/Discord,@Sincarnate
The first obvious question is: What is AI? Well, Artificial Intelligence is the process computers use to mimic human problem-solving and decision-making capabilities. The process is seen in varying capacities in video games, with grandmasters beating chess robots and computers that predict the weather. Lately, several start-ups have been applying AI to art. The results are, frankly, stunning. The art is composed by feeding in text that details the style of art and describes what you want. Much tweaking is needed to get the AI to do what you envision.
How it works An art AI computer takes input from millions of pictures with context. The context tells the AI what is in the picture, whether it is by a famous artist, the style of art, whether the image is a photo, does it have brush strokes, and more details. The software then uses this information to guide its creation. The more pictures it has, the better it creates. At the same time, the chosen images tell the machine what worked and what didn’t, further improving its algorithm and its artistic process.