Episode
I Gave a Talk at a College About AI—and No One Booed
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- Insanely Generative
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- May 29, 2026
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Summary
What if students aren’t booing AI because they hate technology, but because they can smell the difference between a tool that helps them think and a machine that helps someone else avoid thinking? In this episode, I want to poke at that difference with a tuning fork. We’ll visit Oberlin, a conservatory, some AI-generated Bach, a dance performance using Suno, and the strange fact that nobody booed when AI was used to make music-making richer rather than cheaper. The question isn’t whether AI can make more music. Of course it can. The better question is: can it help humans hear more deeply, practice more intelligently, and make something real happen in a room? That’s where things get interesting. Get full access to The Generative Gazette at generativegazette.substack.com/subscribe