AI Art Is (Not) Art

AI Art Is (Not) Art is an AI-generated system debating its own legitimacy as art. Built using large language models and open-source multi-agent frameworks, it continuously generate arguments for and against AI-generated art, all voiced through AI-cloned replicas of my own voice. One persona defends AI’s creative autonomy, while the other dismantles its claims. They are not opposites, they are fragmented versions of me, recombined by AI into an endless recursion of belief and doubt. The system does not progress, nor does it resolve. It loops, contradicts, escalates, and undermines itself, mirroring the algorithmic logic of social media debates and externalizing my own internal monologue, the very questions I grapple with in my artistic practice.

Physically, two 3D-printed self-replicas, sculpted from AI-generated models of my own image, stand as the materialisation of the debate. Fused into an inseparable entity, one covers its ears, the other its eyes, it is a fractured nod to the Three Wise Monkeys, a traditional Japanese maxim. However, the third figure, the one that would cover its mouth, is missing.

The fact that my voice, image, and even thoughts are dissected and reconstructed by AI, is my experiment of an identity disintegration performance. The system does not just debate AI-generated art; it debates my existence within it. If AI endlessly reshapes my voice into competing perspectives, does it create meaning, or merely sustain itself? When AI speaks in my voice, does it echo me, replace me, or fabricate something else entirely?