Genuine, umm ...

As computers get better at copying things, especially in 3D, our sense of what is genuine and original is going to be under attack. But I think that in this great battle of artistic standards, we can leave the in-store ad I saw today on the sidelines. The new idea here is that you bring your photograph to the store, and it gets converted into a painting that features genuine artistic digital brushstrokes. I'd like to set myself up as an expert able to distinguish the genuine artistic digital brushstrokes from the fake ones, but I doubt there'd be much call for my services.