On AI and Creativity

The kind of art I like is based in technology. Film is told through a camera lens. Music is made via recording equipment. Even when drawn on paper, which is increasingly rare, comics are the product of digital lettering and coloring techniques. Never mind that the whole of the publishing and media industries are run on Word docs and Zoom calls.

You could probably even argue all art is based in the technology of its day. The printing press made possible the modern publishing industry and put a bunch of hand-writing monks out of business. Change is never fun, especially if you’re the monk, but it almost always leads to new and interesting art.

This is why I'm fascinated by AI, or more accurately generative AI and the LLMs that power it. I want to see what kinds of art it can help create. It's why I'm playing around with creating my comic Hartwell with these tools.

I would encourage other artists and creatives to do the same. Don't stick your head in the sand. Figure out how to use these tools. Figure out what kind of art is possible. That's what I'm trying to do.