There Should Be No AI Art: A Founding Statement of the International Coalition for the Liquidation of AI Art

Gary Hall argues that abolishing AI art as a separate category opens broader questions about creativity, ownership and cultural power. He rejects the opposition between authentic human expression and technological production, presenting writing and art as collective activities involving infrastructures, institutions, language and non-human agents. Technology does not simply assist a pre-existing human subject; it helps constitute how people think and act. Drawing on the Computer Arts Society’s radical history, Hall challenges the conversion of artistic practices into marketable genres and criticises cultural systems that reproduce classed, racialised and gendered privilege. He proposes redirecting resources towards commons-based production, artist-led cooperatives and alternative forms of publishing rather than merely diversifying participation within existing institutions. Copyright becomes a central example of an entrenched arrangement that concentrates power, although discussion recognises circumstances where vulnerable communities need protective rights. Hall also turns his critique towards theory itself, questioning prestigious authored books, commercial publishing and online personality brands. Open access, collaborative publications and experiments with small language models suggest ways to intervene rather than simply condemn AI. His emphasis remains experimental and situated: changing society requires changing scholarly and artistic practices, not defending inherited assumptions about individual genius, technological innocence or universally applicable political solutions.

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