This is an interesting piece, and the presence of AI in the creative world is something I think about quite a bit, not so much in the film industry but in the writing industry.
I have been freelancing on upwork for 15 years now, and work that clients used to hire me for, such as transcription and now even proofreading and editing, is increasingly being done by AI.
In fact, I've recently been invited to place bid for several projects that involve editing manuscripts that have been written by AI. It's a matter of personal standards that, at this point, I would not want to edit a book that has not been written by a real person. Someone with a soul.
There's enough bad stuff out there written by real people that we don't need a deluge of bad stuff written by non-real people (aka, AI) but that's exactly what's happening now. A person can "write" a book within minutes if they get AI to do it for them. So, why not?
It's the same reason I don't use templates that people often use in their writing. Stories need to be more than just words. They need to "ring true", as N. D. Wilson puts it. And beings without souls can't manifest the truth of being created in the image of God.
I tend to think we'll be going through a short period where we see a craze of written works (and other things) produced by AI, but I have a feeling that the craze will wear off. People are going to feel that AI stuff is just "off." Plus, AI, I believe, will never be able to come up with something truly creative, thought-provoking, or even just plain fun. It can mimic those goals, but I don't ever seeing it reaching them.
If you want mediocrity and no originality, AI can do that for you. But if you want excellence, it will take a human beings who alone possess God-given gifts of creativity.
This is an interesting piece, and the presence of AI in the creative world is something I think about quite a bit, not so much in the film industry but in the writing industry.
I have been freelancing on upwork for 15 years now, and work that clients used to hire me for, such as transcription and now even proofreading and editing, is increasingly being done by AI.
In fact, I've recently been invited to place bid for several projects that involve editing manuscripts that have been written by AI. It's a matter of personal standards that, at this point, I would not want to edit a book that has not been written by a real person. Someone with a soul.
There's enough bad stuff out there written by real people that we don't need a deluge of bad stuff written by non-real people (aka, AI) but that's exactly what's happening now. A person can "write" a book within minutes if they get AI to do it for them. So, why not?
It's the same reason I don't use templates that people often use in their writing. Stories need to be more than just words. They need to "ring true", as N. D. Wilson puts it. And beings without souls can't manifest the truth of being created in the image of God.
Agree.
I tend to think we'll be going through a short period where we see a craze of written works (and other things) produced by AI, but I have a feeling that the craze will wear off. People are going to feel that AI stuff is just "off." Plus, AI, I believe, will never be able to come up with something truly creative, thought-provoking, or even just plain fun. It can mimic those goals, but I don't ever seeing it reaching them.
If you want mediocrity and no originality, AI can do that for you. But if you want excellence, it will take a human beings who alone possess God-given gifts of creativity.