Episode 36 - Authenticity In The Age Of AI

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Darron and Jeff explore the idea of what it means to be “authentic” in terms of the self, how this is influenced by context, memory, and shared experiences, and how increasingly powerful artificially intelligent systems and apps might impact how we record and remember events by altering or outright inventing memories and further blurring the already hazy lines between reality and our perceptions. They then discuss whether or not AI created content can really be considered authentic even if we can’t easily differentiate it from human-created content, the significance of the burgeoning ability through AI to quickly output products without the friction associated with more traditional human artistic processes, and the value of “doing the work” slowly over time in order to develop the depth of understanding and expertise that leads to truly authentic human creation.

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Episode 34 - Icy Hot Takes on Artificial Intelligence

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Darron and Jeff discuss the sudden and ubiquitous onslaught of artificially intelligent apps and the conversation they engender currently pervading our culture. From a position of relatively low information, they try to grapple with the implications of this technology on art, learning, and education, and while they barely make it to the latter topics, they do explore the nature of art and how artificially intelligent tools might contribute, or take away from, what has up until now has been an exclusively human creative endeavor. Where will all of this lead? They certainly don’t know, and even though they do some sense making here, ultimately they're left with more questions than answers, which is essentially the epitome of the larger collective cultural situation. There’s certainly a lot more learning and thinking to do, and they're sure this is a topic they will revisit again and again.

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