Were Duchamp's Fountain[1] and his other readymades[2] art?
In the mainstream art world, this debate was pretty much settled over 100 years when museums started exhibiting his works, which are now widely considered not just art but very significant and influential art.
Andy Warhol said "art is whatever you can get away with" and as an artist I tend to agree.
On the other hand, a person whose only contribution to a work of art is to come up with a prompt and select something they like from AI-generated work would more accurately be called an art director and a curator than an artist.
Were Duchamp's Fountain[1] and his other readymades[2] art?
In the mainstream art world, this debate was pretty much settled over 100 years when museums started exhibiting his works, which are now widely considered not just art but very significant and influential art.
Andy Warhol said "art is whatever you can get away with" and as an artist I tend to agree.
On the other hand, a person whose only contribution to a work of art is to come up with a prompt and select something they like from AI-generated work would more accurately be called an art director and a curator than an artist.
[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountain_(Duchamp)
[2] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Readymades_of_Marcel_Duchamp