Have you seen the latest? A.I. programs can now write Christian worship songs!
It seems odd to me that an A.I. program can write emotional worship songs and do so without having any emotions of its own. How is that even possible? It is possible because it can mimic a song previously written by a person that actually has emotions. So while many songs that are written by people can express the cry of that person’s soul, AI can only mimic that, it has no soul. I suppose there are people who would argue that.
Where would we be without the Book of Psalms? Where the heart’s cry of King David is expressed in so many beautiful ways. It is through pain and suffering that many of the beautiful Psalms are expressed. A.I. will never experience those pains and suffering. A.I. will never experience what we as humans face in our lifetimes, disappointments, betrayals, hunger, pain, love, friendship, etc.
There will be many in the music industry, both Christian and secular, who will laud the technology of A.I. in their songwriting. That makes sense if they are looking for successful songs that will hit the charts. After all, the industry works that way right now. Songwriters already do what A.I will do. They mimic successful songs in their writing. The goal for them is to write a song that they can make money on. A.I. will speed up the process and the songwriters will claim it as their own.
It will be interesting to see how this all unfolds.
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