Artist on AI and Creativity: 'A Machine Doing All My Imagining Would Defeat the Point'
artBoffin · x · 2026-10-02
Artist artBoffin appeared on the Mostly Human podcast — where his AI insulted the host's jeans — to discuss AI and creativity, sculpting from generated video, nostalgia for early AI weirdness, and his startup Phyzify, which helps people turn ideas into reality without mastering every step. His stance: AI expands what he can build, but outsourcing the imagining itself defeats the purpose.
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