I'm a lighting designer in theatre and consider myself an artist, even though my work is subject to the director's vision as well as set design boundries and other logistical challenges. They are all part of the medium.
This debate often surfaces when tax dollars are at stake. Just wait until the next time your local public gallery purchases a broadly conceptual work of art for a lot of money.
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Building an artificial intelligence that appreciates Mozart is easy. Building an A.I. that appreciates a theme restaurant is the real challenge - Kit Roebuck - Nine Planets Without Intelligent Life
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