In contemporary art discourse the prefix “post-“ becomes a way for people to stake territory, rather than a coherent philosophical turn. The term “Post-AI art” is fundamentally incoherent. You can’t be “post” something that’s still unfolding. AI isn’t an era that concluded; it’s a structuring condition. It’s not like “post-war” or “post-industrial.” It’s closer to electricity or language, something you don’t exit. You integrate it, ignore it, abuse it, or innovate with it, but you don’t move past it. “Post-AI” pretends novelty fatigue equals historical shift. The term ignores the creative agency of artists actually working with AI. Even if you use ‘post-’ in the sense of ‘critically aware of,’ that doesn’t describe a new epoch. It just describes maturity within the same condition. See my New Reality manifesto below…