Don’t believe the headlines: AI isn’t uncovering any art mysteries
Don’t believe the headlines: AI isn’t uncovering any art mysteries Algorithms are hijacking art history Are we actually learning anything new? Take the reports about the Modigliani and Picasso paintings. These were projects executed by the same company,Oxia Palus, which was founded not by art historians but by doctoral students in machine learning. In both cases, Oxia Palus relied upon traditional X-rays, X-ray fluorescence and infrared imaging that had already beencarried out and publishedyears prior– work that had revealed preliminary paintings beneath the visible layer on the artists’ canvases....