Jan 10, 2025
There may be growing hypothesis and concern
concerning the position of AI in the way forward for the humanities. Surprisingly, many
Christians are already embracing using AI to supply pictures of
the saints. On this episode, Thomas and Susannah Black Roberts make
the argument for why AI artwork is a contradiction in phrases. It’s
analogous to pornography in that it scratches the itch to “create”
with out really attaining the item of the need in query. We
mustn’t use expertise to exchange the human specialties: “God
received’t settle for worship that we outsource.” Plus, the hazard of
demonic affect by AI shouldn’t be ignored.
Susannah Black Roberts is a senior editor
of Plough and has written for publications
together with First Issues, Fare
Ahead, Entrance Porch Republic, Mere
Orthodoxy, and The American
Conservative.
Hyperlinks
Susannah’s thread on Twitter https://x.com/suzania/standing/1866516737057083862
Plough Quarterly https://www.plough.com/
PloughCast 66: The Know-how of Demons w/
Paul Kingsnorth
https://www.plough.com/en/subjects/life/expertise/the-technology-of-demons
David Schaengold, “Computer systems Cannot Do Math”
https://www.plough.com/en/subjects/life/expertise/computers-cant-do-math
Robert Cotton, “Augustine, AI, and the Demon
Heuristic” https://mereorthodoxy.com/augustine-ai-and-the-demon-heuristic
The Anchored Argosy https://argosy.substack.com/
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