The current generation of AI can generate art that is already original; if provided with feedback from wider population it would rapidly develop original style(s). This is because AI was made as a tool and it functions as a tool. Nobody trained the AI to advance the art style on its own.
Contrary, I wouldn't expect 19th century artists locked in their rooms to produce a new cohesive art style. You cannot even get artists to reliably create 19th century art at scale. They quickly get sidetracked, and keep complaining about the bars on the windows.
Contrary, I wouldn't expect 19th century artists locked in their rooms to produce a new cohesive art style. You cannot even get artists to reliably create 19th century art at scale. They quickly get sidetracked, and keep complaining about the bars on the windows.