biostudies-literatureUnknown9(1)Darda KMIs artificial intelligence (AI) changing our culture or creating its own? With advancements in AI and machine learning, artistic creativity is moving to a brave new world of possibility and complexity, while at the same time posing challenging questions, such as what defines something as <i>art</i>, what is the role of human creativity in an automated world, and do we evaluate artificial art in the same way as art made by humans? Across two pre-registered and statistically powered experiments we shed light on the nature of aesthetic responses toward computer-generated art by investigating observer prejudices against computer-generated dance choreography, and the impact of expertise and pre-conceived beliefs about the origin of artistic creation. Our results provide substantive evidence thaHeliyone12750https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9852657biostudies-literatureThe computer, A choreographer? Aesthetic responses to randomly-generated dance choreography by a computer.PMC9852657Darda KMCross ESfalseThe computer, A choreographer? Aesthetic responses to randomly-generated dance choreography by a computer.Is artificial intelligence (AI) changing our culture or creating its own? With advancements in AI and machine learning, artistic creativity is moving to a brave new world of possibility and complexity, while at the same time posing challenging questions, such as what defines something as <i>art</i>, what is the role of human creativity in an automated world, and do we evaluate artificial art in the same way as art made by humans? Across two pre-registered and statistically powered experiments we shed light on the nature of aesthetic responses toward computer-generated art by investigating observer prejudices against computer-generated dance choreography, and the impact of expertise and pre-conceived beliefs about the origin of artistic creation. Our results provide substantive evidence tha2023-01-01T00:00:00Z2023 Jan2025-04-04T11:33:31.621Z2025-04-04T11:33:31.621ZS-EPMC98526573668546810.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e12750