Deutsche Welle Science Unscripted

There's almost no way to make us like AI art. Why?

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A new study tried just about everything to get people to have a more positive reaction to AI poetry and prose. It failed. Almost always. And it's worth talking about why. (NOTE: A human wrote this.)
16 Apr English Germany Science · Technology

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