# AI Art

By [AVC](https://paragraph.com/@avc-2) · 2023-05-10

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There has been a lot of discussion about how AIs can make art and possibly replace artists, but I think the opposite is more likely to happen. Artists have been using AI to make art for a while now and the pace has picked up a lot in recent years.

I have always loved the work of [Ian Cheng](http://iancheng.com/) who makes computer-generated simulations that evolve using artificial intelligence. His works change infinitely. The first time I saw that, maybe ten years ago now, it made me rethink many ideas I had about art.

With the introduction of NFTs, artists can now make, release, and sell AI-generated art much more easily.

This week, our portfolio company [Bright Moments](https://www.brightmoments.io/) has [a big event in Tokyo](https://www.brightmoments.io/tokyo), and one of the collections being shown features eleven top AI artists.

Though I could not make it to Tokyo this week, I was able to acquire a number of fantastic works in the collection.

My favorite is this piece by [Claire Silver](https://www.clairesilver.com/) which is one of a series she calls [paracosm](https://opensea.io/collection/paracosm-by-claire-silver).

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/19efc9c035f8e4d99406077154091bc752b6f9bbb8d4a3d7a87a1b3795619beb.png)

Claire said this about the work:

> This collection is a visualization of part of the artist’s paracosm. A text-to-image model was trained on some of their memories of that world and its inhabitants. 

I also quite like [Helena Sarin](https://www.neuralbricolage.com/)‘s [Kogei Kats](https://opensea.io/collection/kogei-kats-komedians-n-katpanions-by-helena-sarin). I picked up this one:

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/1fc9a6106c093b7faaeae09a996bf8213f855872717f47bc58fc7cfa5bab3ef5.png)

Helena’s website says that “Since 2021 her main creative energy is directed towards the #potteryGAN – making ceramics using her GAN/AI work as designed to 3D functional objects.” I really dig that.

I am very bullish on the creativity that AI will help artists bring to the world. It is a tool, like a paintbrush or a camera, or a kiln. And they will use that tool to make work that will bring great joy to our lives. They already are.

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*Originally published on [AVC](https://paragraph.com/@avc-2/ai-art)*