  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.
