"Why we need a better Turing test for AI art"

From BigThink, December 9:

With no reliable way to discern the author of an artwork, we may eventually abandon the question of whether something was made by humans or not. 

Can you tell this image was created by AI? (Credit: Colorado State Fair / Wikipedia)

• AI art has been able to pass conventional Turing tests since the 1960s.
• However, certain art styles are easier for algorithms to replicate than others — for now.
• As AI art improves, it’s important that people understand how both humans and algorithms create images. Otherwise, we may no longer be able to tell them apart.

In 1966, renowned American engineer A. Michael Noll designed a computer program capable of creating semi-random geometric compositions in the style of Dutch artist Piet Mondrian, known for such abstract paintings as Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow and Broadway Boogie-Woogie, the latter of which is meant to represent the bustling streets of Manhattan as seen from atop a skyscraper. Mondrian’s work is often described as inimitable. But if this moniker holds true for human imitators, it does not apply to their mechanical counterparts. In fact, when Noll showed his program’s images to test subjects, only 28% of them could tell they weren’t made by an actual person....

....MUCH MORE

Which for some reason reminded me of this: 

June 25, 2020

"Wirecard Scandal Could Give Fintech a Bad Name"

I've been giggling for the last 24 hours.

It's a manly giggle but it is starting to draw unwanted attention.

Ever since I first saw the above Bloomberg headline, I remember it, I say to myself "Ya think?" and the giggles start.
Here's the article if you're interested but the story isn't really the point: "Wirecard Scandal Could Give Fintech a Bad Name"

The point is, I may be losing it.
Because when I'm not thinking of strange Bloomberg headlines* I'm thinking of this:

The latest "botched" art restoration out of Spain that we looked at on Tuesday..
How, if the story were true, how the owner would have felt upon presentation of the "restoration" in March.
And the pride the restorer must have felt with the June unveiling.

But then reality intrudes and I think this is a scam, they create a spurious backstory, get worldwide attention, and start selling the images on T-shirts or whatever:

a botched art restoration in Spain (Immaculate Conception painting by Murillo) feels on par for 2020 pic.twitter.com/C8IKon1OuB

— kaye (@kayeisme) June 23, 2020

Initial investment for the print (for that is what it is) €1,200.
And why think this?
Because of the link we placed under the "Monkey Christ" restoration:

Spanish art restorer, 82, who turned Jesus into a 'hairy monkey' in clumsy restoration of famous work signs merchandising deal as image gets imprinted on T-shirts

That's the Daily Mail if you can't tell from their headline style.
So though the story of the botched Madonna with the... ahem, is still funny it's not the same any more.
On the other hand:
November 2013
Strange Bloomberg Headlines Are Still With Us