The Catholic Culture Podcast: 188 – Christians against AI art

Jan 10, 2025

There is increasing speculation and concern
about the role of AI in the future of the arts. Surprisingly, many
Christians are already embracing the use of AI to produce images of
the saints. In this episode, Thomas and Susannah Black Roberts make
the argument for why AI art is a contradiction in terms. It is
analogous to pornography in that it scratches the itch to “create”
without actually achieving the object of the desire in question. We
should not use technology to replace the human specialties: “God
won’t accept worship that we outsource.” Plus, the danger of
demonic influence through AI should not be overlooked.

Susannah Black Roberts is a senior editor
of Plough and has written for publications
including First Things, Fare
Forward, Front Porch Republic, Mere
Orthodoxy, and The American
Conservative. 

Links

Susannah’s thread on Twitter https://x.com/suzania/status/1866516737057083862

Plough Quarterly https://www.plough.com/

PloughCast 66: The Technology of Demons w/
Paul Kingsnorth
https://www.plough.com/en/topics/life/technology/the-technology-of-demons

David Schaengold, “Computers Can’t Do Math”
https://www.plough.com/en/topics/life/technology/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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