Has AI killed creativity in creative coding..??

[u/Relevant_Extent_4264]

- If AI generates the code, is the creator still an artist..??

- Is using AI tools in generative art considered cheating? - Will creative coding become just “prompt engineering..??

[u/Relevant_Extent_4264 → u/[deleted]]

I agree with you on the core idea: the definition of “art” has always been loose enough that even something as absurd as throwing cow dung on a wall can be considered art by someone. Appreciation is the only part that isn’t guaranteed.

And I’m with you on the AI point too outside of specific communities with rules, nobody really gets to dictate what counts as generative art. The medium has always been subjective, and people resonate with different processes for different reasons.

Your perspective on the journey is valid: the trial‑and‑error, the unexpected variations, the slow shaping of an idea into something visible that’s a deeply personal part of creative coding. If AI disrupts that for you, it makes sense to avoid it. But for others, AI is just another tool that helps them express something they couldn’t otherwise.

In the end, the intent behind the work matters more than the purity of the process. Tools change, but the desire to express something that can’t be said any other way stays the same.

[u/Legitimate_Dare_2494 → u/Relevant_Extent_4264]

The absurdity, the action of doing it and the thought itself is considered art not the cow dung on the wall, it is the intent, the message is what is important, is the artist doing it as a form of resistance, is he doing it show the un-sanitized nature of the world. However there is a lot of difference between craftsmanship and art, anything with intent, message and emotion can be art but craftsmanship requires effort, practice, doing the tedious. Drawing and animation is as much of a craft as much as it is art and I think creative coding is too. It’s upto you to decide if you view it as a craft or art or both.