27-29 題為一題組
    The Painting Robot is one of an increasing number of computer programs possessing remarkably creative talents. Classical music played by an artificial composer has had audiences enthralled, and even tricked them into believing a human was behind the score. Artworks created by a robot have been sold for millions of dollars and hung in prestigious galleries. Besides, the built software which produced art could not have been imagined by the programmer.
    Humans are the only species to exhibit sophisticated creative acts. Provided that these computer codes can be broken down, where do those leave human creativities? “This is the very question of the core humanity,” says Geraint Wiggins. It scares a huge number of people.They tend to be worried that it is carrying something special away from what it means to be human.
    To some extent, people are considerably familiar with computerized art. Yet, the question is where the work of the artist stops and the creativity of the computer begins. One of the oldest machine artists is Aaron, a robot which has had paintings displayed in London’s Tate Modern. It can pick up a paintbrush and draw on canvas on its own. Impressive, but it is still little more than a tool to realize the programmer’s own creative ideas.
    The designer of the Painting Robot, Simon Colton, is eager to ensure his creation doesn’t attract the same criticism. Unlike earlier ‘artist’ such as Aaron, the Painting Robot only needs minimal direction and can come up with its own conceptions by going online for material. The software runs its own web searches and trawls through social media sites. It starts to exhibit a sort of imagination too, creating pictures from scratch. One of its original works is an array of fuzzy landscapes, depicting trees and sky. Though some might say they have a mechanical look, Colton argues that such reactions stem from people’s double standards towards software-produced and human-produced art. After all,
from his point of view, the Painting Robot painted the landscapes without referring to a photo. Software bugs can also bring about unexpected results. Some of the Painting Robot’s paintings of a chair came out in black and white, due to a technical glitch. This gives the work an eerie, ghostlike quality. Human artists like the prestigious Ellsworth Kelly are lauded for limiting their color palette, so why should computers be any different?
【題組】27. What is the writer suggesting about computer-created works in the first paragraph?
(A) They have had more success in some artistic genres than in others.
(B) A huge amount of progress has been attained in this field.
(C) Humans’ acceptance of them can differ considerably.
(D) The progress is not as significant as the public believes them to be.