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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Daniel Boffey in the Alhambra, Granada

Jeff Koons on why he has drawn a red line on AI in art: ‘I don’t want to be lazy’

Jeff Koons at the Alhambra, Spain.
Exploiting technological advances is what Jeff Koons does but, he says: ‘I believe very much in this biological process, and the senses … I don’t want to be in the back seat’ Photograph: PR Image/Supplied

His hands-off approach to the production of his famous balloon dogs and stainless steel rabbits has been criticised in the past but Jeff Koons, the world’s most expensive artist, has drawn a red-line: “I wouldn’t – for my own base work – be looking at AI to be developing my work.”

The potential and the risks of artificial intelligence is perhaps the hottest topic in the artistic world, with deep-learning models now able to replicate styles and produce unique compositions on request.

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