AI Arrives to Expand Creativity in Venezuelan Arts

Artificial intelligence is not a threat to artistic creation but a powerful tool for expanding its boundaries, echoing historical reactions to new technologies like photography and cinema. Salvador Dalí's observation that "personality is absolutely impossible to avoid" resonates today, suggesting that AI cannot replicate genuine artistic individuality. Instead, AI acts as a double, a companion, or an assistant, augmenting human creativity.

Curator and researcher Humberto Valdivieso emphasizes that AI's value in art lies in its potential as an extension of human capability, distinguishing serious artistic use from mere plagiarism. He notes that while some fear AI will automate imagination through prompts, its true potential is in collaboration. This perspective is shared by renowned filmmaker Martin Scorsese, who has used AI for storyboarding, and a growing number of Venezuelan artists.

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If a fool copies a photograph exactly, he gets nonsense. If Dalí faithfully copies a photograph, he gets a Dalí. Personality is absolutely impossible to avoid.

In Venezuela, artists are increasingly integrating AI into their work. Photographer Mafe Izaguirre, Thomas Noya, Ana Mirabal Mujica, Miguel Noya, Luis Negrón, Nelson Garrido, and Sebastián Llovera are among those exploring AI's creative potential. Llovera's project 'Looking for Venezuelan Futurism' reinterprets traditional Venezuelan cultural elements like the Diablos de Yare and San Benito dances using AI, blurring the lines between tradition and machine perception.

Photographers Ricardo Arispe and Aaron Sosa are also embracing AI. Arispe, a systems analyst by training, finds inspiration in creating with new technologies. Their approach reflects a broader trend where artists are leveraging AI not as a replacement for human ingenuity, but as a partner in innovation, pushing the frontiers of artistic expression.

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When we talk about art, we talk about serious art and this has nothing to do with people who use AI to have it do everything for them or to copy themselves. Before, there was plagiarism and it still exists. What is interesting here is what robotics and artificial intelligence become as an extension of the human being and as an accomplice.