Girl with AI earrings sparks Dutch art controversy
... That's because the work - one of several fan recreations replacing the 1665 original while it's on loan for a huge Vermeer show at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum - was made using artificial intelligence (AI).
Its presence has sparked a fierce debate, with questions over whether it belongs in the hallowed halls of the Mauritshuis - and whether it should be classed as art at all....
"The people who selected this, they liked it, they knew that it was AI, but we liked the creation. So we chose it, and we hung it."...
The Mauritshuis then chose it as one of five images out of 3,482 submitted by fans that would be printed and physically hung in the room where "Girl with a Pearl Earring" is normally housed. ...
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