By burning the baskets, his efforts were not rendered meaningless. Quite the contrary. He was drawn closer to God by “gaining a victory over [acedia] and driving it away.” He valued the creative process — collaborating joyfully with God — rather than the end product.
It was art for art’s sake. In the end, his works glorified God: He who made the palms and the man who weaved the baskets.
Today, AI is revolutionizing the creative process — and not necessarily for the better. While workflows are being streamlined, processes expedited, and output increased, the technology has already been abused, particularly in artistic endeavors. AI-generated books, movies, memes, and ‘paintings’ proliferate the web, derivations of great masterworks produced by human genius. Compounding matters, corporations like Disney and OpenAI are forging partnerships to permit audiences to generate their own, personalized films. Other studios will, more than likely, follow suit.
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