This week on Prosthetic Gods, Nir and J wrestle with creativity in the age of generative AI. Are there aesthetic or moral reasons to avoid AI art? Can copyright law protect artists from being displaced by AI slop?
Show Notes:The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
AlphaEvolve: A Gemini-powered coding agent for designing advanced algorithms
ChatGPT’s viral Studio Ghibli-style images highlight AI copyright concerns
Trump fires top US copyright official
ChatGPT, DALL-E 2 and the collapse of the creative process
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Hosted by James Hughes and Nir Eisikovits Produced by Jake Burley Music by Jake Burley
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