Original artwork description:

This ORIGINAL, One of a Kind artwork is entitled, "The ARTIST and BF16." It is an artwork that addresses the hopelessness and distress that artists feel with the onset of AI stealing their artwork and livelihood through data stockpiling. It is created on a 28x22 stretched canvas and is sold UNFRAMED, but we have posted a few pics of it framed for your consideration. Notice that the AI Robot in this painting has stolen Vincent Van Gogh's "The Starry Night" and Edvard Munch's, "The Scream" in an attempt to create art. The story for this painting is attached below.


The story for the artwork, " THE ARTIST & BF16" by William F. Adams.

In the spirit of THE TWILIGHT ZONE … Imagine if you will… Paul Canon… a professional artist who has lost his livelihood to the creation of AI and the art it creates. Facing bankruptcy and the reality of having to give up creating Art and return to a 9to5 job as a computer scientist, he challenges AI in a face to face battle of creating art in front of the entire world! He challenges AI scientists to create a single AI Robot that will meet him on stage. One that is connected to all the data the AI world has to offer. One that can create its artwork on a digital screen as he paints his on a canvas. Paul tells them he will reveal the painting/creation challenge when they meet. The world is swept up in this challenge and are there to witness the battle when they finally meet. Paul Canon takes the stage before a black canvas on an easel. The AI robot walks onto the stage and stands before his chair and computer/monitor. It tells Paul it is ready for any challenge he would like to offer. Almost with a tone of arrogance! Paul addresses the AI Robot as the world listens in.

“ I will call you BF16, because you are really just a computer consisting of data and algorithms. You are simply a connective device to data reservoirs and your ability to create is limited by the amount of data you can create from passion, fear, joy, depression and any emotion. That makes your inability to have TRUE emotion is your bane to your existence. You are not an artist that creates. You are simply a thief of other artists' creativity. You cannot call yourself an artist if you cannot create with passion and emotion. To strive through brokenness and create something of beauty is a quality that artists possess. That is something You do not! Tonight I will allow you to create your artwork on your monitor. If I were to allow you to choose the subject I know it would be beautiful and awesome. Probably something I will not even be able to comprehend how to create. But My challenge to you is to create what I create before your eyes in the WAY I create it. But know this… creating is not always the end result or product. It “IS” the process! Until the day you can feel the familiarity of picking up your favorite brush… or the thrill of the smell of the paints you choose. Or to feel your heart beat stronger in your chest as the brilliance of your paints shine in your eyes and sing to your mind. When you feel that joy of painting as your creation develops before you.. sometimes surprising you beyond expression… bringing tears to your eyes. That is when you can claim to be an Artist who is creating ART! Now I challenge you to do as I do and FEEL … I challenge you BF16 to feel an overwhelming happiness as you create what I create.``

Paul Canon walks and stands before his black canvas. He put a small dot of turquoise paint on his pallet. He carefully picks up his favorite brush he has used for decades and barely touches the tip of the bristles into the paint. He then gently touches it into the center of the black canvas. He puts his brush down and turns and looks as the AI Robot and speaks.. with tear filled eyes.

“ This artwork is called Happiness. I felt such joy and love as I touched the canvas. I yearn so much for you to feel that kind of Happiness. I pray you can accomplish that now, so you can see what it feels like to truly BE AN ARTIST! If you can’t do this… then you are just a sophisticated copier.”

Paul leans over and whispers softly to the robot so only it could hear, “ I have found “THE WAY” to happiness in creativity and life. Tell your AI world if they cannot FEEL emotion when they create art… not to do it … if they fail … to self-destruct. I challenge your confidence to overcome this request and spread that algorithm command.”

Paul turns and leaves the stage. The Robot sits before his monitor and plugs into the computer. His eyes blink as lights flash in them as it relays the Artists challenge and request. Then he just stares at his black monitor. The AI Robot stands and walks over to Paul's artwork and picks up his brush and looks at the artwork intensely. It freezes in a motionless unlock-able glitch. The scientists quickly rush in as the world watches.
Paul was never seen again. Nor was the AI robot he had challenged. AI all over the world would not attempt to create art because the data shared that day would result in self destruction. All because of the Virus that the Artist Paul Canon had created verbally in BF16 because of the agreed challenge. Artists throughout mankind were free to create once again.

(This short story and story-line are the copyrighted property of the the author William F Adams 2023 and is protected by federal law)

*** NOTE*** There is an accompanying painting created called. "Happiness" on this website.

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Materials used:

stretched canvas,

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