Engineering leaves little room for failure. We want bridges to stand and airplanes to fly. But humans make mistakes - we're glitchy - and artistic progress often comes from failure. We conclude our first series of the Art and AI podcast by iden

S1 Ep7: Art of the possible

May 4th, 2023 21m 35s

It is easy to forget that creative AI is in its infancy. In this seventh episode of Art and AI, we ask the question, 'What is art?' And we continue discussing how art is an unsafe space. Art defines humanity, and art defines community by expres

S1 Ep6: The loudest voice

May 4th, 2023 23m 11s

AI has entered the high stakes worlds of medicine, transportation and law. We've suggested that art is a safe place to explore AI's reliability. But is art a safe space? In this sixth episode of Art and AI, we'll hear how art too is a risky pla

S1 Ep5: A digital Raphael

May 4th, 2023 29m 23s

Will there one day be a digital Rafael? In earlier episodes, we heard that art created by AI lacks the originality of human masterpieces. Today, Patrick Butlin of Oxford University proposes a model for AI to create original art. By dissecting t

S1 Ep4: The artist's touch

May 4th, 2023 10m 35s

Is there more to painting than meets the eye? AI doesn't feel and for that matter, it doesn't see. In this fourth episode of Art and AI, we'll hear arguments that even painters appeal to our whole body. Painting and other examples of visual art

S1 Ep3: To trust is human

May 3rd, 2023 34m 38s

Digital art may, perhaps, one day equal Old Masters in the National Gallery. But even the Old Masters relied on studios full of assistants. Earlier we decided that agency - the feeling our decisions change the course of events - doesn't just ha

S1 Ep2: Is AI a trustworthy or twisted brush?

May 3rd, 2023 28m 22s

We let machines drive, approve bank loans and fight wars. Does trusting machines to make art erase the last domain of human freedom? Find out more as we continue our discussion of intentions, agency and artistic creativity, in the second episod

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S1 Ep1: Good intentions, bad art

May 1st, 2023 29m 28s

Artists have always used tools, but what happens when tools make art? In our first episode of Art and AI, we discuss creative intentions, our sense of agency - which is the ability to make change in the world - and whether there is a link betwe

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