Artists, good and bad, have one thing going for them: theirs will be one of the last fields taken over by computers. I’m not saying it can’t happen or won’t happen. You can bet your Monet someone is working on it right now. Still, we’re a long way from a digital brain that suddenly is inspired, on its own, to turn out a masterpiece of literature set during the Napoleonic invasion of Russia. At least I hope we are.
