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“The one word that separates slop from art is intention”
Visual artist Roy Adin argues that in the age of generative AI, human intention, not speed or automation, is what turns images into art.
Visual artist Roy Adin
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“The single word that separates ‘AI slop’ from AI art is intention. In an era in which it is easier than ever to create almost anything, my role as an artist is to begin with intention,” said Roy Adin, a visual artist and creator, during the Tech TLV conference, addressing the tension between technology and human creativity. Adin, who comes from a background in animation and visual effects, described a Sisyphean working process that combines around ten different artificial intelligence models and hundreds of attempts in order to arrive at a precise result.
According to him, while the machine is capable of generating images at speed, human value remains in the ability to sift through the abundance and select that single visual moment that conveys a specific emotion and narrative. Adin emphasized that the machine has no will of its own and “would not sit for two weeks to create an olive tree shaped like lovers” without deliberate human intention guiding it.
You can watch the full conversation in the video above.
