In two experiments (total N=693) we explored whether people are willing to consider paintings made by AI-driven robots as art, and robots as artists. Across the two experiments, we manipulated three factors: (i) agent type (AI-driven robot v. human agent), (ii) behavior type (intentional creation of a painting v. accidental creation), and (iii) object type (abstract v. representational painting). We found that people judge robot paintings and human painting as art to roughly the same extent. However, people are much less willing to consider robots as artists than humans, which is partially explained by the fact that they are less disposed to attribute artistic intentions to robots.

翻译：在两次实验(总共N=693)中,我们探讨了人们是否愿意将AI驱动机器人的绘画视为艺术,而机器人则视为艺术家。 在两次实验中,我们操纵了三个因素:(一) 代理类型(AI驱动机器人诉人类代理人 ), (二) 行为类型(有意创作绘画诉意外创作), (三) 对象类型(摘要诉代表画 ) 。 我们发现人们将机器人绘画和人类绘画视为艺术,程度大致相同。 然而,人们不愿意将机器人视为艺术家,而不是人类,这在一定程度上是由于他们不太愿意将艺术意图归于机器人。