Can I say something without everyone getting mad? As a preface: I’m a card carrying pure mathematician. I’ve never thought math was irrelevant for it’s uselessness, nor valuable for its utility. Math is art. There exist questions that humans ponder, some times those questions are answerable via practice like stitching thousands of zip ties onto a mesh and staring at it from 20ft back. Other times the questions require a bunch of weird symbols that have imbued meaning by others. I like math because, when I read questions and answers in that system I feel a connection with others who have asked and answered them. Like other art, sometimes the questions are the result of humans interacting with the world. Mathematical physics and Theoretical computer science fall into this description for me, sorta like photography. It’s not clear to me that art of that kind is better or worse than art that purely explores questions that come from within. Some artists feel best when others appreciate their art for its technique. Some want money. Others want the viewer to feel exactly what they felt. But some don’t really care, and like exploring the questions and attempting to answer them. Making art will change as the technology changes. Some art will feel strange to focus on in the future, but some artists will anyhow. Few artists will want to simply create exactly what’s been done before, but not zero. Many artists will attempt to run away from what technology can produce, but many artists won’t mind. Technology for art will have other effects. Photography will change how art is useful, then later become artistic itself, then later still be commoditized and people will think that makes it unartistic but art photography will still exist, and portrait painting will still too. Most people won’t practice doing art. Many people will consume art. Some will produce art. Artists will ultimately do what they always did: ask questions that help them connect to the feelings they’re most interested in exploring.