Degenerative AI
Notes towards answers to questions from interviewer.
Topics
Introduction
Introduce yourself to the world. Who are you? What are you? Give the readers the Karl rundown.
Gnomon Chronicles
Describe what you do with the Gnomon Chronicles project. Lay it out to its barest foundations. Where did it come from? Why do you do it? Has it received any success?
Since previous interview
How have you been since we last spoke? Give the readers a little timeline on how you and the chronicles have changed since our last interview.
Creative process
Tell us about your creative process? How does the wonderful mind of Karl work? How does it assemble the oddities and entertainment we see from the world of Gnomon?
My relationship with technology
Now tell us a little about your relationship with technology. How has it affected you over your life? How has it felt to see it develop , and how has it affected your mind as a creative. What affect do you think technology has had on all forms as art as a whole?
Generative AI
Tell us what generative AI is to you. Not a definition, but what you believe it to be.
Generative AI in my process
How do you utilise generative AI in your creative process? Break down what it does for the Gnomon chronicles, and what it means for the Gnomon chronicles.
Privilege
Do you ever feel that you can use Generative AI from a place of privilege in that you are an older creative, who may not necessarily have to worry about the impact it would have on a career the same way a young start up would?
Damage
How aware are you of the damage generative AI causes on any level, be it artistically or societally , or even environmentally. Do you believe in any of these damages? Is the damage worth the access these tools provide?
Film
How do you feel about the use of AI in film, where it is used to "resurrect" dead actors, or de-age them so that their face can look how it did 20 years ago. Do you believe this is a moral application of the technology? Does it hold artistic merit, or do digital faces pull you out of the cinematic experience?
Actors
How about the fear that actors are being scanned and lose the rights to their identity, sense of selves, their data? At what point does a person stop owning their sense of self and identity, as it is now in the hands of technology? Break down your thoughts on the matter for me.
Job threat
Many people in many fields, both creative and non-creative, fear their jobs being taken by AI is a very real threat.. How do you feel about this?
Is it Art?
Do you truly believe the creations of generative AI can be considered art? If it is taking snippets and pieces of human art to create imagery or text that is often deeply derivative and occasionally nonsensical, is this truly art?
True Art
Could this instead be considered the butchering of "true art"?
Surrendering agency
Every time you use generative AI, you've taught it something new. In using it to create a comedic image, you might have just taught it to steal from people who specialise in that very sort of comedic image. How do you feel about this?
Gnomon Chronicles in the Age of Generative AI
Do you worry that the Gnomon style, the unique brand you bring to your satirical images is lost in the generative AI process?
No, I don't feel much worry about my art. Success with a capital "S" has always been a long shot, plausible but far from likely. Generative AI might make it yet more far-fetched. But my feelings are unchanged.
Of course I would like to enjoy the money and honors of Success. And the thought of Success is motivational. But I
Pee Doom!
We've spoken of the fact that you feel less under threat from generative AI but then, does generative AI not threaten the entire idea and concept of the Gnomon Chronicles? If someone can just ask a machine to create odd imagery, would they still be drawn to your wonderful and weird satirical pieces? Stand your ground and hold your own. This is the answer that will ultimately define and conclude this profile.
TO DO: Turing Completeness