In his 1999 essay ‘Colouring without Seeing: A Problem in Machine Creativity’, Cohen questioned the autonomy of the machine in creating art, stating: This query and digital art in general opened up debates about what could be considered art, the role of the artist and the very definition of creativity.

Cohen invented this technology in response to his question 'what are the minimum conditions under which a set of marks functions as an image?'.

AARON was a robotic machine which initially created original abstract drawings on sheets of paper laid on the floor. The term digital art was first used in the early 1980s following the invention of a computer programme named AARON, which was written by the artist Harold Cohen. 23 by Krista Kim When did digital art start and who was the first digital artist? Today, artificial intelligence, augmented reality and virtual reality allow artists to create unique worlds and experiences that transcend traditional boundaries, involving audiences in ways that were never imaginable before. The possibilities of digital art continue to grow, as technology advances, and the only limit is the artist’s imagination.

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