Kate Bush has posted her annual Christmas message to her website.
In the piece, the "Running Up That Hill" artist shares that she went to see an exhibit of paintings by the French Impressionist Claude Monet, and draws a comparison between Monet's paintings of smog-covered London and the current increasing use of artificial intelligence in the world today.
"Is that us? Standing in awe at the dawn of AI, the symbol of modernity, as smog was for Monet at that time in the newly industrial London?" Bush writes. "Do we only see the twinkling light of the new invention, which so often catches the eye of our imagination… and what are those vague, dark sardonic shapes we can see in the background, behind the theatrical gauze?
"It’s hard to make them out, but could they be our human pods, like those from the Matrix, being readied for us by eager, playful digits?" she continues. "Or maybe they are freshly painted bridges – robust, and lovingly built to carry us all into a much longed-for new age of healthy thinking?"
Bush concludes, "All will be revealed when the smog begins to clear. Merry Christmas everyone. I hope it’s a really joyful one for you all."