Chase Tremaine joins Michael to discuss recent developments in AI news, as LLMs and Machine Learning have begun to touch on most every aspect of our lives. Is AI inevitable, or is its bubble ready to burst?
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Michael is joined by songwriter and songwriting teacher Aryn Michelle to discuss both her new songwriting textbook, Play Shape Create, and her new album, Bloodline, set to release in July.
Stay tuned at the end to hear Aryn Michelle’s “Upper Hand (Tamar)” from Bloodline.
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Chatbot Thinks Upside-Down Cup is Prank Steve McDonald (artist who collaborates with AI) Elon Musk on AI surgeons Audiofeed Music Festival 2026 Porchlight Festival Save the Date!LINKS
Iain McGilChrist, The Master and His Emissary Chatbot Thinks Upside-Down Cup is Prank Ep 69 on Exploited Art “Has God Really Called You to be an Artist?” The Guardian, “How Hollywood writers triumphed over AI” On Franchise Fatigue Six-Song Country Mashup Christianity Today, “The Current No. 1 Christian Artist Has No Soul” 87% of Music Producers Use AI 75% of Film Production Executives Cut Costs with AI Audiofeed Music Festival 2026 Porchlight Festival Save the Date!Michael begins the 2026 season of the Renew the Arts podcast with an exploration of the benefits and costs of technology, the history of the book, and how the adoption of AI will force humanity into a crisis of meaning and discipline.
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Neil Postman, Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology