Week 1: What is to think as an artist?

Week 2: What is Technology and AI?

Week 3: Labrynths of Art and Technology

Week 4: Entanglements of Art and Technology

Week 5: Network and Collaboration

Week 6: Creativity, Pattern, and Automation

Week 7: E-merging Intelligence

Week 8: E-merging Existences

Week 9: E-merging Existences - Cyborgs

In the age of AI, human artists’ works should reflect their views of the world around them to provide value. The goal of an artist is to observe the world from different perspectives and recognize the value this view provides to their art. The goal of art is less about the result, but more about the process and the thought that is put into a work by a human.

As AI gets better and better at producing industry-quality work, human artists should think less about the technical quality of their work, but more about the purpose and the message they want to convey, which AI cannot reproduce.

Capitalism forces artists not only to work from their heart, but also to care about what the market likes; to create art not only to please themselves but also to feed themselves. AI will likely become an important tool for artists all around the world because it streamlines the workflows of a modern artist. AI can be an assistant to artists who are willing to utilize its powers, but it won’t replace true artists, as the genuineness of human creation is not replicable.

While AI is able to generate seemingly “great” work, it lacks the spiritual soul that the human touch provides. What makes human art unique is the experiences and cultural background of the artists. These make up the "human touch" that sets human art apart from AI art. Even today, at the start of the AI art era, most audiences have already grown tired of many AI art pieces, and the fact that a piece is made by AI immediately decreases the value of the work.

This book serves as a guide to being an artist in this confusing age, where AI seems to be on the quick rise!