This is a talk I presented at Chesterton Academy of Ottawa earlier this year. <br /><br />YouTube version: https://youtu.be/ETaRAauDxS0<br /><br />Buy Little Red Riding Hood now during the month of June and get the audiobook with for free: https://store.thesymbolicworld.com/<br /><br />Join Seraphim Hamilton in studying the Book of Isaiah this June. Register now: https://www.thesymbolicworld.com/courses/the-fifth-gospel <br /><br />Timestamps:<br />00:00 - Coming up<br />00:51 - Intro music<br />01:05 - Chesterton Academy introduction<br />03:28 - Jonathan begins: art, AI, education, and the Pope’s encyclical<br />05:53 - Why AI is not human intelligence<br />08:18 - AI lacks embodied understanding<br />10:47 - Money, efficiency, power, and the values behind AI<br />13:07 - The Moloch trap and the AI arms race<br />15:32 - AI’s impact on work and education<br />17:01 - The anti-human vision of technocracy<br />18:40 - What education is really for<br />21:05 - Why learn art in the age of AI?<br />23:50 - Little Red Riding Hood promotion<br />24:46 - Remember, celebrate, and create<br />25:57 - Remembering our stories and traditions<br />29:36 - Celebrate what is good<br />33:16 - Create in service of remembrance and celebration<br />37:11 - Sincerity after irony and cynicism<br />39:32 - Fairy tales, icons, and Christian visual language<br />42:58 - Graphic novels, saints, and medieval storytelling<br />44:28 - The challenge and opportunity of our time<br />46:27 - Q: Is pessimism about AI justified?<br />48:32 - Q: How can remembrance, celebration, and creation be transmitted practically in schools and families?<br />53:23 - Q: Should schools return to oral exams and oral presentations because of AI?<br />55:52 - Q: How much can we participate in or use AI without falling into the trap?<br />58:31 - Q: What does cave art reveal about the relationship between man and art? Is art the signature of man?<br />01:03:02 - Q: What is the difference between inventing something new and creating?<br />01:07:20 - Q: Do strict rules in art stifle creativity? Why do people say beauty is subjective?<br />01:10:04 - Q: How can we recover a true remembrance of the Middle Ages rather than seeing them as dark or backward?<br />01:14:55 - Q: What is the difference between reading traditional stories and watching movies for entertainment?<br />01:19:02 - Q: Why was beauty dismissed from art, and why is our built environment so ugly?<br />01:21:07 - Q: What is your favorite piece of art in your home?<br />01:23:28 - Q: Can AI be used as a Socratic interlocutor in education?<br />01:26:36 - Q: What is the value of teaching classical languages like Latin and ancient Greek?<br />01:27:45 - Q: How should young artists balance pursuing art with the need to make money?<br />01:30:50 - Q: What is the importance of boredom, rest, silence, and imagination?<br />01:33:15 - Q: Is re-enchantment, post-irony, and sincerity possible in an intentional way?<br />01:37:08 - Q: How can different traditions unite against AI without losing their distinctiveness?<br />01:41:39 - Q: How do we discern beauty in imperfect work, especially in a performative society focused on excellence?<br />01:44:02 - Q: Where do you think AI is going, especially in education and culture?<br /><br />🔓 Become a patron to support us and unlock exclusive monthly symbolism content: https://thesymbolicworld.com/subscribe<br />💻 Website and blog: http://www.thesymbolicworld.com<br />🔗 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/jonathanpageau  <br /><br />🎧 Listen to and review The Symbolic World podcast:<br />-Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0gI8bUwPtT3gkduHqNh6M5<br />-Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-symbolic-world/id1386867488 <br /><br />Our website designers: https://www.resonancehq.io/ <br />My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson: https://matthewwilkinson.net/<br />