Early Findings from Our Experiments with AI

Episode 1 brings together voices from across Calvin University to explore how AI is reshaping creativity, learning, and institutional life.What role should friction and difficulty play in learning? Art historian Craig Hanson, Calvin vice president Sarah Visser, double‑major (Entrepreneurship & Computer Science) undergraduate Pauline Lu, and documentary filmmaker Sam Smartt join host Craig Mattson for a lively, inquisitive conversation about what it means to teach, learn, imagine, and produce in an age of intelligent tools. The discussants reflect on curiosity, craft, discernment, and the shifting texture of human creativity.The episode is edited by Riley Johnston, produced by Craig Mattson, and funded by the Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship.