Marc Maron's New Comedy Special, New Novels from Stephen Graham Jones, The Face of Catfishing Scams, Creativity of Artificial Intelligence
All Of It with Alison Stewart | Feb 9, 2023
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Comedian and podcast host Marc Maron's first HBO comedy special, "Marc Maron: From Bleak to Dark," premieres on 2/11.
Horror writer Stephen Graham Jones tackles indigenous identity through his terrifying novels. In last year's novel, My Heart is a Chainsaw, Jones tells the story of a woman named Jade whose community is being torn up by a new celebrity development... and by a slasher on the loose. This year, Jones publishes the sequel, which has Jade return to her town just as the convicted slasher escapes from prison to finish the job. Jones joins us to discuss his books, My Heart is a Chainsaw and Don't Fear the Reaper.
Adult film star Janessa Brazil is the most impersonated person in the world...for catfishing scams. Host Hannah Ajala travels the world in search of the real Janessa, while investigating several incidents of catfish victims who believed they were in relationships with her. She joins to discuss her reporting and the new CBC podcast, Love, Janessa.
The future of the arts and artificial intelligence is unclear. Already, platforms like ChatGPT have the ability to write poems and novels on command with various styles, and other programs can create paintings or images from scratch. How should we think about creativity and AI? And should a piece of art made by AI be considered on the same level as a human creation? Janelle Shane, researcher and author of the book, You Look Like a Thing and I Love You: How AI Works and Why it’s Making the World a Weirder Place, joins to talk about the relationship between the Arts and AI, and takes your calls.
