Art in a Digital Age: A Walk Through a ‘Winter in Paradise’

Many of our mental schemas of the fine arts may resoundingly contrast with our mental images of technology. Art is an emotional visual expression through painting or sculpture, while technology is emotionally neutral, aimed at facilitating our daily tasks and advancing human society. To many of us, the merging of modern technology and art is highly unorthodox. Art is a mere pastime, while technology drives human civilization’s progress. I mean, we very well might be wasting $400,000 on our Cornell degrees to end up unemployed at the hands of AI.