A.I. as Soul Reaper and The Death of The Modern Artist

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* Physicians of The Soul and The Big Pharma of The Mind

* The Terrible Cost of Doing What Works

* Eros, Eroticism and The Source of Create Inspiration

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A.I. has landed, and it’s here to stay. It’s powerful, fast and outstrips the biological pace of many humans when it comes to generating content. Like a mechanical creature with an endless pit where a stomach would be, it rapidly consumes enormous amounts data, and with lightning speed churns out graphics, articles, books, songs and more. The market is being flooded with these ‘generations’, all the while A.I. is being brought into core infrastructure of entrepreneurial dreams. Like the siren of some great machine, it beckons us forth with the power of its sheer utility.

As humans, and especially as artists (of any kind), one of the most lucid dilemmas we face today involves whether or not to work with A.I., and if we do, in what way. The struggle is real. We see many of our peers getting on the rocket ship, and seemingly blasting off into space with their business ventures - or at-least that is what we are led to believe.

We ask ourselves if we ought to as well, and some of us, for good reason, feel unsure, hesitant, and resistant. Others, see the value of A.I. and seek to take measured approach, while some salivate at the chance to hand over their work with zero discernment.

Although ‘ethical’ consideration certainly matters, in this podcast we vividly explore something else that runs deeper than ethics: the power of the artist as a ‘medicine maker’, a receiver/transmitter for the soul, and a biological node for the erotic force that catalyzes divine inspiration.

Of course, everyone wants to be ‘successful’ with their art, but the artist who publicly shares their work in the psychic landscape carries a great responsibility. While A.I. is ‘useful’, its utility comes with a cost, a price, a debt that must be paid.

The cost might be terrible, and it might take things from us that leaves the whole vacated of the divine gifts you came to earth with, and also strips the erotic from our psyche; for the choice to work with A.I. alters the flow of imagination, possibility, dreams and the core values that drive us to create.

Although A.I. can help us in certain ways, it’s critical to remember that each of us already carries the seed of genius, the divine spark, and the unique story that allows us to create works of art (in whatever medium), that A.I. can never replicate. These offerings are what can light up the world with soul.

Thus the modern artist stands at juncture of two alters, each with an ability to alter the emerging path of the 21st century. The choice we face is one of two different kinds of sacrifices. On one altar lies the sheer utility, speed and accuracy of generative A.I, and the other altar houses ones divinely inspired soul level work. The dark chasm between the two, where uncertainty about your loyalties lie, holds the danger of death, the death of the modern artist.

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