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EPISODE · May 6, 2026 · 12 MIN

Look Again: Why AI images don’t tell the whole picture

from UNSW Centre for Ideas · host UNSW Centre for Ideas

Every day, generative AI is pumping millions of new pictures into existence. Researcher and UNSW lecturer Dr Charu Maithani is redefining how we think about the images flooding our world, exposing how they capture only the narrowest sliver of human experience. Her work reveals how reimagining the way AI is trained – what it sees, learns, and absorbs from culture – defines our visual vocabulary and reshapes our collective imagination. Sometimes, what we don’t see is just as important as what we do.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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