Can AI Evaluate Photos Artistically?
In a small village in Switzerland, a murder was committed. The body of renowned art critic Professor Dr. Johann Müller was found in his studio. He had been stabbed to death.
The police were baffled. There were no witnesses or leads to a possible suspect. But then Inspector Japp found a mysterious letter in Müller’s studio. The letter was addressed to an artificial intelligence that could evaluate photos artistically.
In the letter, Müller wrote that he wanted to use the AI for his work as an art critic. He believed that the AI was capable of evaluating photos more objectively and accurately than a human.
Japp was convinced that the letter held a clue to the murderer. He went to the company that developed the AI.
At the company, Japp met Dr. Anna Meier, the head of the AI project. She told Japp that the AI was still in development. However, it was capable of evaluating photos on various criteria, including composition, lighting, and color.
Japp showed Dr. Meier the letter from Müller. She was shocked. She had never met Müller personally, but she knew he was a respected art critic. She couldn’t imagine that he had been murdered.
Dr. Meier told Japp that she had programmed the AI for Müller’s studio. She had given Müller the AI as a gift because she believed it would help him with his work.
Japp asked Dr. Meier if anyone had taken offense at any of Müller’s critiques. Dr. Meier said that Müller was sometimes very harsh. However, there was no one who hated Müller so much that they would want to murder him.
Japp was still baffled. He had no evidence against a possible suspect. But then he had an idea. He asked Dr. Meier to have the AI re-evaluate Müller’s photos. Dr. Meier had only one photo of Müller from his student days on hand.
The AI rated Müller’s photos as very good. It said that Müller had a great talent for capturing the beauty of the world.
Japp was surprised. He had expected the AI to rate Müller’s photos as bad. He asked Dr. Meier if the AI could also evaluate Müller’s photos from an artistic standpoint.
Dr. Meier said that the AI could do that as well. She asked the AI to compare Müller’s photos to the photos of other famous artists.
The AI concluded that Müller’s photos were comparable to the photos of the greatest masters of art.
Japp was impressed. He now knew why Müller had been murdered. Müller had become too successful. He had managed to enchant the world with his art.
Japp returned to the village. He knew who Müller’s murderer was. It was a young artist who was jealous of Müller’s success.
Japp arrested the young artist. He confessed to the murder. He said that he had killed Müller because he could not accept that Müller’s photos were better than his own.
Japp asked the young artist where he had gotten that information, since the AI software was only intended for Müller. The young artist told him that he had submitted a photo of himself to Müller and the AI had sent him an email saying that his work had no artistic merit. The young artist was so angry that he had killed Müller.
As Inspector Japp looked at the email, he noticed a fine print passage about valuation that stated that the valuation would be based on the expected death of the artist on that day.
Japp had found a murderer of the professor.
But he knew that he would never forget how he had seen Müller’s artwork in the studio.
They had scared him and shown him how ugly the inside of a person could be.
The case was legally solved, but was the young man the real murderer? He had to discuss this question with his vacuum cleaner and refrigerator at home.
Review: “Can AI Evaluate Photos Artistically?”
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Conclusion:
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