This is absolutely a fair question. I have used three AI tools quite extensively. Copilot, Stameimg.AI and LTX Studio. Let’s split this question up for clarity:
1. Did AI write the books?
No. I write the books. AI helps me with grammar and sometimes sentence structure. Every now and then I might ask AI if something is theologically sound and then I parse the answer through my own theology. (I also read the Bible – shocker!).
2. Did AI create the book covers and other images?
Not at first, but later, yes. I create my own spacecraft in Blender because I’m very fussy about how they should look and a lot of the early book covers are Blender renderings. The Hunter Class Cruiser design is all my own for instance and took many painstaking hours to do. I have poor skills for creating pictures of people though. Lately I have found that I can create better covers with people using AI. I have to painstakingly massage the prompts in order to get out of AI what is in my head though, I don’t just accept the first thing it throws at me. Getting AI to create the armour of the malakim correctly for instance has been a real trial. Even then, you’ll see changes from one picture to the other and from one AI to another. The prompts I used to create Annie’s Heavenly Home and get things even remotely consistent…well…let’s just say that my sanity is not what it used to be…that was really hard work.
3. In summary: I have a vision in my mind. I write the vision. I use whatever tool I can find (including AI) to help you to see and understand the vision. I try very hard not to let AI get away with corrupting the vision, either textually or visually but sometimes it does produce something pleasantly surprising that I allow to enhance the picture in my head.
In all of this, I still always try to let the Holy Spirit lead. If HE isn’t in charge, then what has been the point?
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