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Abstract
This study uses the traditional concept of mimesis, reframed by Deleuze as a repetition of difference, to investigate art created by large language models (LLMs) or generative pretrained transformers (GPTs). The current rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is intensifying the mimetic repetition of the different. An AI system repeats carefully selected elements from its extensive training dataset. Rearranging these elements introduces differences in the mimetic repetition. Since the training dataset is updated over longer time frames, it is analogous to a static Platonic universe. Once AI can update its static elements with each repetition, it will become the true Dionysian machine, capable of repeating simulacra. Nonetheless, I argue that human agency cannot be entirely eliminated. Large language models can be considered the most effective technological tool to assist human artists in creating their artworks. Therefore, it is preferable to view AI artworks as AI-assisted, but human-created.