Julia Morton: What AI Changes (and Doesn’t) About Art

In this episode, we sit down with Julia Morton - a writer, art curator, fashion designer, early YouTuber, and author of a Substack chronicling how artists are experimenting with AI (https://aiplusart.substack.com). We chatted how Julia views art as a time capsule for a species going from analog to cyber, why AI-aided films can feel more personal (smaller crews, fewer gatekeepers), and how new tools surface new voices the way photography once did. We also wade into the thorny stuff: ownership and consent, documenting “transformative” use, and why we keep calling AI “them.” Julia shares a story about her husband’s implanted device - and how merging with machines can literally change how we feel. If you’re tired of doomscroll takes, this conversation sits in the nuance: fear and possibility, creativity and execution, and the old question beneath every new medium - what, exactly, makes art human?