Boast in the Shell: Why AI Art is Overhyped

In this episode, Wendy Xu joins us once again to talk about AI art, AI writing, and the rise of the machines.

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In this episode, we’re talking about artificial intelligence. Not the sympathetic kind played by Haley Joel Osment, not the mean but hot kind like SHODAN, but the kind that generates content. There’s been a lot of hype lately about the power of AI to create writing, visual art, and music. In this episode, Wendy Xu joins us once again to talk about the rise of the machines.

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