Can Artificial Intelligence Make Art?: Folk Intuitions as to whether AI-driven Robots Can Be Viewed as Artists and Produce Art

In two experiments (total N = 693), we explored whether people are willing to consider paintings made by AI-driven robots as art , and artists . Across the experiments, manipulated three factors: (i) agent type (AI-driven robot vs. human agent), (ii) behavior (intentional creation of a painting accidental creation), (iii) object (abstract representational painting). We found that judge roughly same extent. However, much less than humans, which is partially explained fact they disposed attribute artistic intentions robots.