I can see what you’re saying…

…or Affordance and limitations in AI-generated art.

New technology is often touted as bringing with it new opportunities. Participatory media technologies, in their many forms, are no exception.

There is some debate about the way in which these affordances, or relational action between user and object (IDF, n.d.), should be discussed. Should we consider only the intended affordances of an object or technology in the manner of Don Norman? Or should we also consider what the technology makes possible beyond its intended purpose, especially when one…