Artificial intelligence (AI) is making rapid progress in the field of art, creating new possibilities and challenges for artists and audiences alike. However, the use of AI in art is also generating controversy between those who fear the loss of human creativity and those who welcome the potential benefits of these emerging technologies.
This debate has intensified following the development of generative artificial intelligence, which has amazing capabilities that were previously considered science fiction. For example, this type of AI can imitate the style, image and voice of any artist, whether alive or dead. Imagine that you are listening to a new song by Umm Kulthum, the legendary Egyptian singer who died in 1975. This was the idea of composer Amr Mostafa, who planned to hold a concert in which Umm Kulthum would sing from his compositions. However, his project was canceled after it faced strong opposition from various sectors of Egyptian society. Likewise, a group of experts used artificial intelligence to create a new painting in the style of Rembrandt, the Dutch master who died in 1669, as if he painted it 350 years later.
These examples show that AI is entering every aspect of life, including making art in all its forms. Therefore, authorities and stakeholders in all creative sectors must work together to establish clear and fair regulations for the use of these programs, to protect the rights of every artist and creator, and prevent the misuse and misuse of AI in art. In the following lines, we will present some of the opinions of experts and artists who shared their opinions with us on this topic.
The audience is the judge
Critic Tareq El-Shenawy says: We have witnessed very rapid development in artificial intelligence in many fields. This includes the world of cinema, where we heard about several attempts to revive cinema legend Marilyn Monroe, who died in the early 1960s. This is done by feeding the AI its work and then producing new work that combines all of these inputs.
International star Tom Hanks welcomed the idea and considered it a good opportunity to increase his artistic legacy after his death. The same applies to the world of writing, whether it is poetry, a novel, a story, or a screenplay. A team of specialists can feed the device with the vocabulary and works of a specific writer or poet, and the device can produce a new work for that writer with a new idea.
This is not a new phenomenon. Even before the advent of artificial intelligence, some people were stealing the vocabulary of poets such as Ahmed Fouad Negm and Al-Abnoudi and presenting works falsely attributed to them. Here the reader must distinguish between the real and the fake. In the end, artificial intelligence will dominate and all anti-AI slogans will disappear with the wind.
no feelings
Artist Yousra said: “Using artificial intelligence in artistic works, like anything else, has pros and cons. But for me, its negatives outweigh its positives. This is because many people find it easy and use it in their various businesses. If we assume that AI produces a good product, then that product will inevitably lack soul and feeling. Therefore, AI can be used for anything except creating living flesh-and-blood models.
Limited
Egyptian artist and presenter Safaa Abu Al-Saud said: “I love technological development and am very happy with its achievements, but the issue of using it in the art industry I think is limited. This is because, from my point of view, I believe that only those who use artificial intelligence cannot provide artistic work. As for me, if I find a song of mine presented by artificial intelligence and I don’t like it, I will reject it and announce that publicly in front of everyone.”
Systems
Egyptian actress and producer Bushra said: “Artificial intelligence is inevitable, and unfortunately some people underestimate it, and I tell them to be careful not to underestimate themselves because soon they will be shocked by its rapid progress.” Many people know that cinema used this artificial intelligence in more than one artistic work, in addition to singing.
Therefore, we must work hard to know how to deal with it and establish rules regulating it according to our ability and potential to confront it. Any artist's voiceprint can be used in any audio studio. So people should be careful and not believe everything they hear. Hence, it is necessary to organize this matter, determine the correct way to deal with it, and focus on benefiting from the positive side.
It failed in the United States
Screenwriter Magdy Saber says: “Artificial intelligence in the field of screenwriting has failed in America, the country that invented it, and therefore it cannot achieve success elsewhere. This automated program can only rework old works by the same writer, so the result is a manufactured and duplicate copy, devoid of feelings and emotions, and therefore of creativity. Therefore, the artificial mind cannot be equal to the human mind, and inevitably the Creator of man is the master of the situation, and no machine will be able to undermine his status as a pure divine talent. On the other hand, we can benefit from this artificial intelligence if there is a talented writer who takes the output of this device and reformulates it in a way that is appropriate and acceptable as a creative work. In the end, this artificial intelligence, no matter how great its capabilities, cannot replace the creative writer.
Exaggerate
Screenwriter Samir El-Gammal says: “This works with losers, thieves, and those without talent. It makes something that was difficult for them easier and reduces their suffering.” Art is essentially a divine gift in the form of talents, all of which aim to advance humanity through sensations, feelings, morals, values, customs and traditions. All of this appears in the creativity of the writer and distinguishes between one creator and another. This is because each of them has its own character and shape. Therefore, a human being and this intelligence created by another human being cannot be equal either. We do not all deny that we have always heard about scientific progress in space and earth sciences and everything in between, but we all currently see the inability of the Earth's population to confront the heat wave that is attacking Western countries, which is something new to them and that they have not seen before. That is, technology and artificial intelligence were not protected by their science from burning in the flames of high temperatures.
I think there's a lot of exaggeration in the rumors that AI will write the script and outperform the human creator. All this will fail, and what man creates cannot surpass man himself. The robot will not be able to be as creative as Youssef Al-Sibai, Beethoven, Naguib Mahfouz, or other creative people. So this could work in industry, even though the one feeding the machine is also a human. In the end, artificial intelligence technology cannot threaten the true creator who masters his tools. Artificial intelligence only represents an opportunity for thieves and half-talented people.”
without effect
Writer and screenwriter Magda Khairallah says: “I believe that artificial intelligence cannot affect the work of a screenwriter because his work requires many elements of creativity. Creativity in general requires human experience, and no matter how much information is provided to artificial intelligence, where does it get its meaning and personal experience? Not all things can be managed using technology, because many things involve creativity, and a machine can never replace the creator.
“Twenty years ago we heard that they would compose music using computers, and this has not happened until now because this is a human product of feeling and feelings. A creative person can benefit from technology, for example by speaking and the machine converts his words into writing, saving him effort and time. However, this machine, no matter how advanced it is, cannot create creative work that surpasses the creative human being.
Wide impact
As for screenwriter Mohamed Salama, he has another opinion. He claims that artificial intelligence will have a major impact on the entire creative process, especially on writing and screenwriters. Some programs can create a scenario from the ground up based on a brief dramatic idea or treatment, he says. He also says that the American film industry has stopped doing live acting and relies on computers to do so. They provide it with information about each personality and the device chooses the best one for them. He believes that this will affect those who do not try to improve themselves and their ideas and enhance their talents, as this is what artificial intelligence cannot do. He warns that those who do not adapt will be swept away by powerful waves of technology.
