Hey everyone. This is the first and last time I'm going to speak on the use of AI in art.
Every once in a while, someone pops into my comments trying to lecture me on what is or isn’t "real" art, what tools I should or shouldn’t use, and how I'm supposedly doing it "wrong." These people believe they carry the authority to define the boundaries of art for everyone else.
Usually, I try to engage because I see them as lost souls, genuinely confused, trying to navigate their own paths. But most of the time, it leads nowhere.
Let me be clear: I'm against total AI automation of creativity. But I'm all for using AI as a tool — not the only one, but a necessary one — in a modern artist’s toolkit.
I've lived through every digital revolution
I was born in the 1980s and I’ve witnessed it all — the rise of personal computers, the internet, smartphones, and now, AI.
And every time something new appeared, people panicked:
- "Computers will replace humans!" — They didn’t.
- "The internet will make us antisocial!" — It didn’t.
- "Google will kill schools and libraries!" — Still open.
This fear of progress is ancient. People feared the printing press. They feared synthesizers. They feared electric guitars. Luddites — yes, that’s the name — smashed weaving machines in the 1800s because they feared losing their jobs to technology.
What they really feared was irrelevance.
AI is just another instrument
People scream about AI in music. Why?
Synthesizers have existed for decades. Arpeggiators can play chords from a single key press.
DAWs allow you to loop, quantize, and fix timing — and nobody’s calling that fake music.
Dungeon Synth, for example, is built in DAWs. Many artists use default presets. Some barely change them. Nobody complains — because it’s about the atmosphere, the feeling, the soul.
DAW didn’t kill music. It gave birth to thousands of new voices.
AI won’t kill creativity — unless you never had any to begin with.
But AI learns from real artists!
Yes. So do humans.
Every single artist alive has studied the work of others. Every great musician grew up inspired by greater ones.
That’s called learning. That’s how art works.
Is it theft when 500 death metal bands sound the same?
Is it theft when a folk artist imitates medieval melodies?
Double standards don’t make a good argument.
Visual artists: let's talk about honesty
A few years ago, nobody cared about "art theft" when people ripped images off Google for their blog posts.
But now people rage when I use an AI-generated visual and touch it up in Photoshop?
Who are these people paying $500 per image for every social media post?
What fantasy world do you live in?
I used AI to make a cover for Sanguis et Mulsum. Then I refined it manually — logo, filters, lighting.
And guess what? People loved it.
Not because of the AI. Because of the sound, the feeling, the concept.
AI didn’t write that EP. I did.
AI art lacks soul — and that’s the point
AI can’t feel. It can’t suffer, love, grieve, or hope.
It doesn’t understand silence between notes. It doesn’t know why we tremble at a minor chord.
That’s why you’ll always be able to tell the difference between something made with AI and something made by a human using AI.
AI is a sketchpad, not a painter. It’s a demo, not a song.
And real artists? We’ve always used what we had to make what we wanted.
“The medium is the message.” – Marshall McLuhan
The tools shape the art. That’s normal. That’s inevitable.
What about ethics?
Let’s be clear: I don’t lie. I don’t pretend AI-made art is mine. I say what was generated, and what I’ve edited. That’s called being transparent.
What’s not okay is claiming 100% authorship on something you barely touched.
But that’s not a problem with AI — that’s a problem with people being dishonest.
And that’s been around forever.
So here’s what I stand for:
- Use every tool that inspires you.
- Don’t let snobs tell you what art is or isn’t.
- Respect originality, but don’t fear influence.
- If AI helps you go further — use it. If it doesn’t — don’t.
- Real artists adapt. Mediocre ones complain.
Final words to the haters
I don’t make music for fame. I don’t post for clout. I do this to leave something behind, however small. I’ve been doing this since before you were born, and I’ll keep doing it long after you forget about me.
So go ahead, cancel me, spam my comments, write angry posts. Every hate comment helps the algorithm. Thank you for your service.
Meanwhile, I’ll be making music. With soul. With intent. With pain and solemn.
Peace and love to my fans. Always.