{"id":1125,"date":"2025-12-05T20:11:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T03:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mdia300\/?p=1125"},"modified":"2025-12-05T20:12:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T03:12:24","slug":"podcast-episode-is-ai-killing-creativity-or-making-it-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mdia300\/archives\/1125","title":{"rendered":"Podcast Episode: Is AI Killing Creativity? Or Making It Better?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Is AI Killing Creativity? Or Making It Better?\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aEy4gheCvTs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In this podcast, Siming, Eira, and Aubrey explore whether Gen AI should be considered a creative medium and whether it suppresses or improves creativity. Through different examples in video editing, 3D modeling, and design, we explore what AI mediates and reflect on how these technologies reshape both creativity and authorship in contemporary media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Citations<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adobe. 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