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		williamcotton 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My article on why AI is great (or terrible) or how... Most master painters of the past had teams organized as workshops where the majority of the painting was NOT done by the master. The “lone genius” image is largely a modern romantic invention.

grugagag 3 months ago [–]

Thats not quite true. The “lone genius” type went against the grain and created something new while still showing some skill (well, that’s debatable in modern art).

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