- When we look at art created by AI, we have to remember that it’s all imitation — “a kind of burlesque”, as [[Cave, Nick - 2023 - I asked ChatGPT to write a song in the style of Nick Cave|Nick Cave puts it]]. > - …it doesn’t have the capacity for a shared transcendent experience, as it has no limitations from which to transcend. - Art is about conflict with ourselves, understanding what those conflicts mean, and finding ways to reach beyond those limitations to share our unique human experiences. Even when AI can produce solid works of writing and illustration, it can never reproduce that underlying *meaning*, the conflict with oneself that’s central to producing something original and enduring.