{"id":459,"date":"2020-09-27T02:48:24","date_gmt":"2020-09-27T02:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/ahmed-elgammal\/?page_id=459"},"modified":"2026-04-14T17:04:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T17:04:40","slug":"articles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/ahmed-elgammal\/articles\/","title":{"rendered":"Articles"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Authored Articles in Main Stream Media<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Conversation US, January 2026 &#8220;AI\u2011induced cultural stagnation is no longer speculation \u2212 it\u2019s already happening.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Conversation US, June 2023, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/the-folly-of-making-art-with-text-to-image-generative-ai-207480\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe folly of making art with text-to-image generative AI\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Also appeared in FastCompany TechXplore, Big News Network, and many outlets<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ArtNet News, June 2023, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.artnet.com\/opinion\/ahmed-elgammal-op-ed-ai-art-is-over-2304028\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cText-to-Image Generators Have Altered the Digital Art Landscape\u2014But Killed Creativity. Here\u2019s Why an Era of A.I. Art Is Over\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>BBC Science Focus<\/strong> (article written by journalist based on an interview) <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/future-technology\/ai-art-creativity-war\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWhy AI will ultimately lose the war of creativity with humanity\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Alex Hughes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Guggenheim Museum Blog, November 2021, \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guggenheim.org\/blogs\/checklist\/art-artificial-intelligence-and-the-question-of-authentic-identity\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Art, Artificial Intelligence, and the Question of Authentic Identity<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Apollo Magazine \u2013 November 2021, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apollo-magazine.com\/artificial-intelligence-authentication-artworks\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIs AI really ready to solve the problems that have had art historians stumped?\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Conversation US \u2013 October 2021, \u201cHow a team of musicologists and computer scientists completed Beethoven\u2019s unfinished 10th Symphony.\u201d Also published in the <strong>Smithsonian, Salon, PopSci, Toronto Sun, Calgary Herald, Britannica, Ottawa Citizen<\/strong>, and several other venues.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Independent \u2013 October 2021 \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/long_reads\/science-and-technology\/beethoven-ai-artificial-intelligence-unfinished-symphony-b1936754.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">From sketch to symphony: How AI and a team of experts finished Beethoven\u2019s 10th<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>New York Times<\/strong><\/em> &#8211; May 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/05\/27\/opinion\/artificial-intelligence-art.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;The Robot Artists Aren\u2019t Coming&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>American Scientist &#8211; \u00a0January 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanscientist.org\/article\/ai-is-blurring-the-definition-of-artist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cAI is Blurring the definition of Artists\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Artsy \u2013 January 30<sup>th<\/sup> 2019, \u201cThe Most Instagrammed Artworks from Art Basel in Miami Beach\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Artsy \u00a0&#8211; December 4th 2018,\u00a0 \u201cThe Most Instagrammed Artworks from Art Basel in Basel and Frieze London\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Artsy &#8211; October 29<sup>th<\/sup> 2018 , \u201cWhat the Art World Is Failing to Grasp about Christie\u2019s AI Portrait Coup&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>The Conversation US &#8211; October 2018, &#8220;Meet AICAN, a machine that operates as an autonomous artist&#8221;, Also published in EL PAIS, FAIR OBSERVER, and others.<\/li>\n<li>The Conversation US &#8211; October 2018 &#8220;When the line between machine and artist becomes blurred&#8221;, Also published in SALON, TIME, SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE, DISCOVER, EL PAIS, MASHABLE, THE WEEK, SALON, UNIVISION, and others<\/li>\n<li>Artsy \u2013 July 11<sup>th<\/sup> 2018, \u201cWhat Art Basel in Miami Beach\u2019s Most Instagrammed Works Tell Us about the Art World Today\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Time Magazine<\/em><\/strong> &#8211; Idea\u2019s section on July 31<sup>st<\/sup> 2015 \u201cHow to Find Out Which Paintings Were the Most Creative of Their Time\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Newsweek<\/em><\/strong> &#8211; Opinion section on August 2<sup>nd<\/sup> 2015\u00a0 \u201cWhat Makes a Picture Great? 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