274. Why Shouldn’t AI-Generated Content Replace Human Stories?

Last month at the Realm Makers Expo, we met many skilled Christian creators who are making amazing stories in books, games, and the visual arts. Yet some people believe all this stuff is pointless or outdated and will soon be replaced by so-called “AI art.” Are they right? Will computer-generated content outpace art made by humans? And is such a belief even biblically defensible?

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Quotes and notes

“When you meet anything that’s going to be human and isn’t yet, or used to be human once and isn’t now, or ought to be human and isn’t, you keep your eyes on it and feel for your hatchet.”
—Mr. Beaver from C.S. Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

“Ginny! … Haven’t I taught you anything? What have I always told you? Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can’t see where it keeps its brain?”
—Arthur Weasley from J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

… Joshua did not draw back his hand with which he stretched out the javelin until he had devoted all the inhabitants of Ai to destruction.
—The Bible, Joshua 8:26 (ESV)

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Concession stand

• This is a conversation for story fans, yet with some application for creators.
• Stephen has and will use AI for databases and limited nonfiction research.
• However, he still insists this “search engine” give reliable primary sources.
• We at Lorehaven promote stories #