What is AI doing to art?

Lois Rosson argues that the history of photography offers a useful guide to the current debate over AI-generated images, since both raised questions about whether machine-made images can be art and who holds authorship. Rosson notes that Fox Talbot in 1835 described his calotype as eliminating human intervention, yet in April 1862 Mayer et Pierson successfully argued that darkroom development was part of a photographer's creative process. Rosson suggests the AI debate, including a lawsuit against Stability AI, will not be settled quickly or by traditional cultural gatekeepers.