You’re somewhat missing the point. To have good art you must have bad art too. Bad art is still art. For as bad as it is, Dream’s song Mask is art, not good art, but art nonetheless. The issue you’re getting onto with popular modern art pieces is more to do with how we value art. For example, I hear all the time that popular music today is bad, but most people are getting that popular via sources like the radio in their car, in the store, etc. Those stations are paid by labels to play certain artists, so cooler stuff struggles to get into that place. But with the internet we have reached a place where anyone can share any kind of art for free on places like SoundCloud, Tumblr, etc. There is so much beautiful music, paintings, and more that you can find if you just look for it. Art galleries are like record labels, they are controlled by curators and whatnot who choose what goes there, whatever gets the most visitors, etc. But there is so much cool being made everywhere all the time all at once, and you can find it if you want too. Just because AI can generate a modern art piece that’s just some shapes doesn’t make it good. My post’s point is that all the art I mentioned are one of a kind, they are unique, endlessly creative and not something a computer could just spit out from being fed millions of generic pictures it doesn’t actually understand. Having a mentality where there is a floor that must be met for art to be considered art just means more AI slop being peddled imo.