We need more precise language for the spectrum of art, writing,

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We need more precise language for the spectrum of art, writing, and code that can be produced with or absent technology. Fine art and production stock are not the same. Moving literature and spec copy are not the same. Novel architecture and boilerplate are not the same. All of these can be created with technology and contain immense beauty, inspiration, or utility. But when we mix our slop cannons in with our AGI pilled artists, or pretend they are one in the same, we risk throwing the…

pontifex@pontifex10h ago

In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgent to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity.