{"id":275434,"date":"2026-06-18T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/yes-i-enjoyed-las-new-ai-museum-heres-why-i-still-didnt-like-it\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T08:10:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T12:10:16","slug":"yes-i-enjoyed-las-new-ai-museum-heres-why-i-still-didnt-like-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/yes-i-enjoyed-las-new-ai-museum-heres-why-i-still-didnt-like-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Yes, I enjoyed LA’s new AI Museum. Here’s why I still didn’t like it"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes, I enjoyed LA’s new AI Museum. Here’s why I still didn’t like it<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-06-18 08:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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Dataland, the world\u2019s first museum dedicated to art generated with artificial intelligence, opens Saturday. Located at the Frank Gehry designed Grand LA building in downtown, it\u2019s positioning itself among institutions like MOCA, The Broad and the Disney Concert Hall.<\/p>\n

The inaugural exhibit, Machine Dreams: Rainforests, is a project of museum co-founder and artist Refik Anadol and his studio\u2019s Large Nature Model (LNM), which Anadol describes as \u201cethically sourced image archives transforming into real-time artworks\u201d that span five \u201cmulti-sensory\u201d galleries.<\/p>\n

What does that all mean exactly? And would it all be worth the lowest ticket price of $49? I attended a recent press preview to find out.<\/p>\n

Something you should know about me is that I love art. A lot. I want artists to thrive, and I don\u2019t want AI to threaten that. At the same time, I believe in creative freedom. Who am I to say what is or isn\u2019t a valid tool of an artist?<\/p>\n

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So I went into the museum as a curious skeptic. And in the end, while it was an enjoyable experience, I didn\u2019t like it.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s why.<\/p>\n

Machine Dreams: Rainforests is the inaugural exhibition at Dataland. <\/p>\n

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