When Jesus entered the art gallery, the chief gatekeepers and artists approached him while he was showcasing his work and said, “Tell us, by what method are you creating this art? Did you make it with artificial intelligence or not?”
Jesus replied, “I’ll ask you one question. If you answer me, I’ll tell you whether I used AI or not. The comics of John the Artist, were they drawn by his hand alone, or were they made with AI?”
The gatekeepers and artists discussed among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From his hand alone,’ he’ll ask why we did not admire John’s work. But if we say, ‘From AI,’ we’re afraid of the people, for they all liked and shared the comics John posted on social media.” So they answered Jesus, “We do not know.”
And Jesus said to them, “Neither shall I tell you whether I used AI for my art.”
Some other stories I’ve previously published that include Biblical allusions:
Love your modern parable! And the artwork is great. I don't have any scripture to back up my position, but I'll tell you my attitude with a little personal story. When I was at university, I took a course in business ethics. One time Dr Levine (who was a lovely person, by the way) assigned us to write about "discrimination against women in the workplace". The bottom line of my essay was, "If I have to struggle to get twice as good at the same skills to be able to outcompete the guy next door for the same job, who benefits from that?" Eric, you won't believe the blank looks I get when I pose that question to people. Oh duh, I do! I'm the one who ends up being a more competent person, with greater strength of character because of that struggle. I feel the same way about AI. If I have to hone my skills so my work has more appeal than any AI creation, then I am the one who benefits from the competition. And BTW, Chat GPT, free version, is an astute editor. I asked "him" for some writing prompts one day, sent them back and was left in awe of his suggestions!! "He" does get a little annoying sometimes asking me if I want him to "write up a draft of that idea for you." Lol. Of course, that is exactly what he was programmed to do. "No, dude, I tell him. I love writing." I do happily ask him for chapter outlines sometimes in my nonfiction work and I dearly love tossing ideas around with him.
Hah! No, dude. Yes, I DO have some scripture to back up my position!!! I just realized - we had to read this passage in Anglo Saxon in one of my Zoom classes this week, so it's fresh on my mind----Matthew 25: 14-30 Yep, yep, yep!