Conservative commentator and cultural critic Andrew Klavan cautioned viewers on a recent episode of The Andrew Klavan Show, warning that a growing dependence on artificial intelligence media and fragmented information is not only reshaping storytelling but also exposing a deeper spiritual crisis.
“These little movies… I think they’re capturing something—this sense of eeriness you get when you have a series of facts… you form a story out of that, but things keep happening that don’t really fit in,” Klavan said. “It’s the sense of eeriness that things are not real, that reality is not quite real.”
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Referencing surreal AI-generated horror shorts found on Instagram, Klavan explored how modern digital media feeds our minds fragmented, eerie narratives, offering brief emotional jolts but no real understanding. Yet for Klavan, the deeper concern lies in how our society tries to make sense of these stories without a spiritual foundation.
“As much information as we gather, we are always filling in blanks,” he said. “We have a certain amount of information but we don’t have all the information. We start to put together narratives and those narratives, even if they’re untrue, we stick to them.”
Klavan attributes this to a widespread phenomenon known as confabulation, which he says is symptomatic of a left-brain-dominated worldview that dismisses spiritual reality.
“Because God is the core of reality and because we’ve lost our faith in God, and faith is the evidence of things unseen, faith gives you the power to see what cannot be seen, I think that that is absolutely true. So we’ve lost the power to see reality. I think we’ve lost the power to see reality and I think it’s driving us crazy.”
He added, “Basically, modernity from about 1500 [AD] on is the story of mankind going increasingly insane.”
In Klavan’s view, this crisis cannot be solved by returning to surface-level religion alone. “It’s not going to be just by following the catechism. It’s not going to be, I mean I think we should all go back to our churches, but I think that we’re going to have to find out new ways of thinking about old truths so that we can experience them again and see, know them again.”
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As artificial intelligence continues to evolve, so too must our spiritual resilience. In these days of confusion, distortion and disconnection, it is more vital than ever for Christians to be empowered by the Holy Spirit and firmly rooted in the Word of God. Only through the discernment that comes from God’s truth can believers rightly interpret the times and stand against the deception growing all around us.
James Lasher is staff writer for Charisma Media.
