Human Art beats Robot Art

Di Dio and associates report that participants in their study “were asked to give beauty (BJ) and liking (LJ) judgments. . . . Aesthetic judgments were made in a blind-baseline condition, devoid of authorship information, and a primed condition, where authorship information (human or robot) was provided. . . . The human-authored paintings received a [significantly] higher liking rating in the primed than the blind and robot conditions; opposite, the robot-authored paintings received a lower beauty rating in the primed than the blind condition. These results suggest a resistance to accepting artificial intelligence in the production of art and highlight the emotional component associated with human art-making.”

Cinzia Di Dio, Martina Ardizzi, Sara Schieppati, Davide Massaro, Gabriella Gilli, Vittorio Gallese, and Antonella Marchetti.  “Art Made by Artificial Intelligence:  The Effect of Authorship on Aesthetic Judgments.” Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, in press, https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000602