Author: Silvia Golumbeanu

In the 2004 film I, Robot, Detective Del Spooner asks an A.I. named Sonny: “Can a robot write a symphony? Can a robot turn a canvas into a beautiful masterpiece?” Sonny responds: “Can you?”

I don’t agree with Plato. I don’t agree that art is an imitation of life, and that art about art is an imitation of an imitation. I don’t think that all these things are mere shadows of shadows, but still I’ve been trying to figure out  what bothered me so much when I sat down […]