What if some of the greatest work of the 20th century was made for no one?For about forty years, Vivian Maier worked as a nanny, most of that time in Chicago. On her days off she walked the streets…
Listeners Preferred the AI Song… Rithik Kundu on What a Blind Test Reveals About Taste, Originality & the Future of MusicWhat happens when listeners don't know which song was made by a human and which…
Up until about ten years ago, reaching a hundred million people would have cost you millions upon millions of dollars. Today it's free — it fits in your pocket. So why do most creators still stay…
Karolina collaborates with living organisms. At NYU's Laboratory of Living Interfaces, she works with microbes — reading their DNA to detect heavy-metal contamination in soil and water, building…
This episode confronts the uncomfortable truth about the AI revolution: for most people, unlimited creative and technical power will be completely wasted. As the cost of code, content, and creative…
AI Art: Shortcut or New Medium? This episode explores the contentious debate surrounding AI art — not by asking whether it’s “good” or “bad,” but by questioning how we define art in the first place.It…
AI Can Generate. Can You Judge? Boris Eldagsen & the New Rules of Knowledge WorkIn 2023, Boris Eldagsen won the Creative Open category of the Sony World Photography Awards with an AI-generated…
For most of software’s history, designers could assume that an input would produce a predictable output. AI is changing that.In this episode, Ousman speaks with Tammy Coombs, a product designer and…
Why Building Anything Beats Waiting for Permission — The Optionality Argument Nobody Makes (Part 2)Last episode we did the hard half — the broken promise, the 41.5% underemployment, the grief a…
The Career Ladder Was Invented in 1911 — And It's Being Dismantled While You're Still Climbing It41.5% of recent U.S. college graduates are underemployed. In China, 97,000 new PhDs are competing for…
