Except to an artist, none of this is new or surprising. I've seen a common theme where in people purely in tech underestimate the range of topics already explored in art and philosophy. These things have been discussed for well over a century:
In your link he identifies the pieces by the artist. No matter how abstract or challenging or whatever, Duchamp and Moholy-Nagy still got to go to cocktail parties and call themselves artists. That's the new thing.
I'm not sure I get what you're saying. Can you clarify? No one can stop you from calling yourself an artist.