I really enjoyed what Lewis said about the dangers of generative AI in the realm of art and artistry. The artist's ability to take the gifts and talents God has given him to cooperate in God's own creativity and bring beauty to the world is indeed a uniquely sacrificial and redemptive part of the creative process. With AI, anyone can direct the algorithm to make something that looks like one of the great masters might have painted or drawn, but the thing I've noticed is that all the AI stuff looks the same after a while, whereas a painting of the Annunciation, for example, by Fra Angelico looks completely different than the same scene by Henry Ossawa Tanner, because they conceived of the image differently in their minds and used different techniques to achieve two different paintings of the same, both of which are objectively beautiful works of art.
Thanks for sharing this interview, Lewis makes some great artwork, and calling it "heavy metal artwork" is a great description! I will be buying some of his products to put up.
I really enjoyed what Lewis said about the dangers of generative AI in the realm of art and artistry. The artist's ability to take the gifts and talents God has given him to cooperate in God's own creativity and bring beauty to the world is indeed a uniquely sacrificial and redemptive part of the creative process. With AI, anyone can direct the algorithm to make something that looks like one of the great masters might have painted or drawn, but the thing I've noticed is that all the AI stuff looks the same after a while, whereas a painting of the Annunciation, for example, by Fra Angelico looks completely different than the same scene by Henry Ossawa Tanner, because they conceived of the image differently in their minds and used different techniques to achieve two different paintings of the same, both of which are objectively beautiful works of art.
Thanks for sharing this interview, Lewis makes some great artwork, and calling it "heavy metal artwork" is a great description! I will be buying some of his products to put up.
Thanks for reading and for your thoughtful comment John Paul!