Is AI Boosting Creativity, or Stifling It?
Show notes
On this episode, Jeff talks with two prominent artists with different takes on AI. One experimental artist sees her students doing new kinds of work thanks to AI, and a celebrated science-fiction author argues AI is sold as a shortcut that takes away human agency and encourages a form of plagiarism masked by technology.
Related links:
New Learning Curve web app to help hone your thinking on the episode, developed by Tara Baumgarten, a learning experience designer.
“Kinds of Space, Ways of Seeing,” by Angela Ferraiolo in The AI Art Magazine, March 2026.
A Liquid Cinema: AI and the Transition from Montage to Morphology, a talk by Angela Ferraiolo.
Angela Ferraiolo website.
“Why A.I. Isn’t Going to Make Art,” By Ted Chiang in The New Yorker.
“No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious,” by Ted Chiang in The Atlantic.
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EPISODE CREDITS:
Reported and produced by Jeff Young
Music by Komiku
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