近些年人工智能（AI）飞速发展，对这个世界的影响也越来越大。一方面，它承载着科技创新的巨大能量，不断刷新人类对未知世界和极限领域的认知，改变人类的生活和生产方式；另一方面，当人工智能进入艺术领域，可以让经典艺术家复活，并依据一定的逻辑继续创造作品时，人工智能与艺术创造的关系，艺术家与艺术价值的认定等问题，就需要重新考量和厘清了。
未来，机器可以替代人类完成很多事情，将人工劳动最大化地解放出来。但是，另一些内容则是机器无法复制、无法超越的，这些内容代表了人脑的创造力，代表了人类的独特性与物种价值。
或许艺术存在的意义和价值之一，就是对人类意识的自由表达，以及对生命和世界的独特体验。
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Visual basic: art and AI
① Robots are taking over our jobs, but what about our art?
② That is the question behind "Artistes & Robots", an exhibition on "artificial imagination", which opens at the Grand Palais in Paris next week.
③ Visitors will find 30 works that, while inspired by human artists, are firmly mechanical in scope.
④ In one section of the exhibition robots are the creators; their mechanical arms draw, paint and engrave.
⑤ Other sections of the show explore the use of computer programs, algorithms and artificial intelligence in artistic endeavours.
⑥ Digital technology and AI also take centre stage at "Hello World—for the Post Human Age", currently on show at Art Tower Mito in Japan.
⑦ The selection of artworks examines, among other things, society's fixation with social media and the way in which technology can warp human emotions.
⑧ Expect to see creative surveillance-camera screen grabs, blockchain-inspired board games and a tragic YouTube "mockumentary".
▍生词好句
take over: 接管，接替；占据主导地位
artiste /ɑːˈtiːst, ɑːrˈtiːst/: n. (英) 艺人；(法) 艺术家
mechanical /mɪˈkænɪkəl/: adj. 机械性的 (文中可理解为“人工智能创作的”)
engrave /ɪnˈɡreɪv/: vt. 雕刻
algorithm /ˈælɡərɪð(ə)m/: n. 算法
endeavour /ɪnˈdevə, ɪnˈdevər/: v./n. 努力；尝试 (n. 事业)
take centre stage: 成为关注的焦点
among other things: 除了其他要素以外
fixation /fɪkˈseɪʃən/: n. 迷恋；痴迷 (obsession)
warp /wɔːp, wɔːrp/: vt. 扭曲；歪曲
surveillance /səˈveɪləns, sərˈveɪləns/: n. 监控
screen grab / screenshot: 截屏；截图
blockchain /ˈblɒktʃeɪn, ˈblɑːktʃeɪn/: n. 区块链
mockumentary /mɒkjʊˈmentəri, mɑːkjʊˈmentəri/: n. 仿纪录片
▍补充例句
1. take over: 占据主导地位；接管，接替
Don't let depression take over.
不要让抑郁情绪左右你（不要让抑郁情绪占据主导地位）。
2. among other things: 除了其他要素以外
Education, among other things, crucially determines a person's future.
教育极大地决定了人的未来。
3. warp: vt. 扭曲；歪曲
Your judgement should not be warped by your personal preference.
你个人的喜好不应该去影响你的判断。
▍推荐阅读
1. AI-Spy: The workplace of the future
And surveillance may feel Orwellian.
A fairer, more productive workforce is a prize worth having, but not if it shackles and dehumanises employees.
Orwellian /ɔːˈwelɪən/: adj. 奥威尔式的；受严酷统治而失去人性的社会的
shackle /ˈʃækəl/: vt. 束缚
dehumanise /diːˈhjuːmənʌɪz/: vt. 去人性化；使丧失人性
2. 哈耶克的文章《知识的僭妄》（Hayek: The Pretence of Knowledge）
