Guillermo del Toro, in this video clip from the British Film Institute:
AI has demonstrated that it can do semi-compelling screensavers. That’s essentially that. The value of art is not how much it costs and how little effort it requires, it’s how much would you risk to be in its presence. How much would people pay for those screensavers? Are they gonna make them cry because they lost a son? A mother? Because they misspent their youth? Fuck no.
Fascinating angle he’s presenting here.
Lately, I’ve been working on a long-form post not on art but creativity and generative AI, yet this will surely be mentioned.