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Christian Hip-Hop’s Derek Minor Responds to Forrest Frank’s Concerns About Chart-Topping AI Artist

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Christian hip-hop artist Derek Minor has weighed in on the concern that Christian artist Forrest Frank has about the top Christian album on iTunes being from an AI artist. Frank said it didn’t “sit right” with him and pointed out that AI does not have the Holy Spirit. In his response, Minor pushed back, noting that many Christian songs are written by non-believers or have contributors who are not Christians.

“Here’s the problem with that perspective,” said Minor, referring to Frank’s point that AI does not have the Holy Spirit. “There’s a lot of Christian songs that people love today that had people that weren’t Christians write the songs, that helped with the songs.”

Or it could have been that people who were not Christians “played guitar on the songs, or bass or drums.” Minor also brought up splice loops used in hip-hop. “What if an atheist made that splice loop that you took and put drums on and and, you know, made your Christian song to?” he asked.

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IMO they are both missing a critical part of the question.

The AI didn't just wake up (boot up) one morning and decide to write a Gospel song. Someone had to tell it to and had to tell it how the song was to sound, be crafted, etc..

Let me use another example. I paint a little. I'm not great, I honestly think I'm fairly horrible at it. But sometimes I paint something that someone likes. I also use AI to make images sometimes. I am a Christian.

I want an image of the Cross at sunrise.

I could break out my paints and canvas and paint a picture of the Cross at sunrise that matches the image I had in my head.
OR
I could devise a prompt including the details, mood, color scheme, perspective, background, foreground, lighting, style, etc, that I want in the image and feed that into an AI and get an image of a Cross at sunrise that matches the image I had in my head.

Does using AI make the 2nd one in my example less "Christian art"? The concept for them both came from me, a Christian.

What both people in the article are missing is the person behind the AI persona "Solomon Ray". That person is Christopher Jermaine Townsend, who also goes by his stage name "Topher". Topher makes music on his own. He also has created an AI persona "Solomon Ray" he uses to make music.

Maybe the real question is Townsend / Topher a Christian who is making Christian music?

Edit - I forgot to include an article about Townsend being behind Solomon Ray..
 
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