Interactive open-source experiment
What Is Art?
Can you distinguish human emotion from an image produced by an algorithm?
- Format
- Web experiment
- Interaction
- Mobile-first swipe
- Status
- Live
- License
- MIT
Seeing an image now also means questioning its origin.
What Is Art? turns that uncertainty into a visual challenge. Historical works and AI-generated images appear without context. You have to trust your own references, perception, and intuition to decide.
Ten choices. A portrait of your perception.
Swipe
Right for real art, left for an AI image.
Reveal
Every decision receives immediate feedback about the image origin.
Score
Progress tracks the ten questions in the challenge.
Interpret
The result unlocks one of ten personality archetypes.
Share
Score and archetype can be sent to WhatsApp or copied as a link.
A familiar interaction applied to a difficult question.
The swipe mechanic reduces the interface to gesture and image. Dark treatment, visual interference, and direct feedback keep the experience close to a perception test rather than a traditional quiz.
- React 18
- Vite
- Vanilla CSS
- Touch gestures
The answer matters less than the hesitation.
The experiment uses technology to return the question to the observer: what makes an image feel human, intentional, or artistic?