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marknutteryesterday at 9:44 PM1 replyview on HN

That is such a bizarre opinion to have. Do you not enjoy art because it gives you joy?


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JohnFenyesterday at 9:53 PM

Of course I do. But what gives me joy with art is that it's a communication from one person to another. It's not about pretty sounds (or pictures, or whatever the medium is). If that communication isn't there, then the art has no real value to me regardless of how pretty it is.

If I think I'm talking with a person and it turns out that I'm talking with a machine, I've been duped and will likely be angry about it.

Another way to think about it is that when it comes to art, "the ends justify the means" doesn't really work because the whole point is more the means than the ends.

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