If you were to tell a person even a few years ago that computers would pose a genuine threat to the creative industry, then they would’ve probably not believed you. However, in today’s world, it seems that one cannot go a day or two without hearing about some new advancement in generative AI technology, or the protests against the increasing integration of the tech in creative spaces. Though one would have imagined this evolution in technology would be welcomed with open arms, it turns out that the creative industry is vehemently opposed to it. But why exactly is this? Thanks to AI, the ability to whip up a story in seconds, mimic voices, and create full visual spectacles has been put in the hands of essentially anyone with access to a computer. However, this has many more drawbacks than one would expect, most notably in the writing industry. The issues that this technology poses to the quality of our writing, our ethics, and even our safety cannot...
For hundreds of years, there have been several debates that have permeated our history as unsolvable questions, long abandoned for any hope of an answer, and instead left to be used as mental exercises for philosophers and sociologists. Is the development of artificial intelligence ethical? Should mankind experiment in genetic engineering? What came first, the chicken or the egg? While all of these prompts are all equally significant and worthy of consideration, no other debate has manipulated the course of history quite like the question of whether science and religion can coexist or not. However, while both have long been considered to be polar opposites and thus incompatible on the most basic level, has there truly been an effort to compare the two's similarities, instead of only recognizing their differences? It is of my belief that while there are indeed definite cleavages between the two fields, there is also a substantial amount of crossover between the two, and that surpris...