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“AI is a powerful tool, so we better start to learn how to use it well and responsibly and for the glory of God.”
Left: Saint Kateri Tekakwitha - generationofthesAInts, Reddit / Right: St. Maximus the Confessor, r/generationofthesAInts, Reddit
Amid a technical revolution, many questions about the goodness of technology arise. Currently, these questions center around Artificial Intelligence (AI) – and many pose concerns about how generative AI will influence the Church’s perspective on sacred art.
ChurchPOP spoke with Julian Ahlquist, a philosophy teacher at the Chesterton Academy in Hopkins, Minnesota, who has been creating AI images of the saints for over a year.
As someone with amateur experience in both traditional and digital art, he said, “AI is a powerful tool, so we better start to learn how to use it well and responsibly and for the glory of God.”
Hundreds of AI generations by Ahlquist and Father Timothy Sandquist, former Chesterton Academy Chapline, can be found under the name "generation of the sAInts" on both Instagram and Reddit.
Continued below.
Let's Use AI For 'The Glory of God': Priest & Teacher Unite to Make Beautiful Saint Images with AI Technology
“AI is a powerful tool, so we better start to learn how to use it well and responsibly and for the glory of God.”
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