  While the term `art' defies any concrete definition, this paper aims to
examine how digital images produced by generative AI systems, such as
Midjourney, have come to be so regularly referred to as such. The discourse
around the classification of AI-generated imagery as art is currently somewhat
homogeneous, lacking the more nuanced aspects that would apply to more
traditional modes of artistic media production. This paper aims to bring
important philosophical considerations to the surface of the discussion around
AI-generated imagery in the context of art. We employ existing philosophical
frameworks and theories of language to suggest that some AI-generated imagery,
by virtue of its visual properties within these frameworks, can be presented as
`readymades' for consideration as art.
