HAL 9000, Auteur?

We rely on computers for so much in life these days. We quite literally put our lives in the hands of pre-programmed machines. They are our security systems, our financial transactions, our communication between loved ones, our entertainment, our physical fitness, etc. Do we rely on computers for art? Lev Manovich is at work on a project where video art is assembled randomly by a computer and made available for the public. Databases are an essential product of computers, and the mechanical organization of keywords is a task well suited to be accomplished by a computer, whereas it would be tedious for a person. But art is something that begs to have a human creator. The "human touch" is something we all crave. It is a sensual feeling that we cannot get from computers. Databases belong in the realm of computers, but when said computers transform that data into a "creative work of art", I turn and walk off.