30/05/2026
This was an interesting string to observe and it shows the inherent biases at play in the brain as they relate to our positions on AI and how they cloud perception and judgement.
Clearly this person was affected by the work I made on my synthographic treatment of Aphex Twin's C**k Ver/10, a video clip that took me about a month to produce in GenAi systems and editing. Affected enough to praise the work, and leave a comment.
But when he realised it was made in GenAi, his immediate reaction was to reject it. What I am interested in, and to me this is where art lies, is that initial impression a piece makes on someone.
As humans, we can't help what hits us, if its a cave painting, a jingle, or a feature film. The emotional reaction, obtained from the immediate imprint is the truest reaction we can have.
There is, for a split second, before the biases and the abstractions start rotating around our constitution, a pure moment of connection.
To be, thats the most exciting elememt of art, creating reactions in people, and moving them in some way.
I always say, I am an artist that uses AI in his workflow, not an 'AI Artist'. But, once the bias is kicked in, simply showing that GenAi is part of the production path is enough for people to reject something completely wholesale.
