PODCAST: AI vs. Inspiration—Marian Bantjes

Generative AI has made a lot of creatives nervous, not just about jobs, but about individual expression.

Marian Bantjes isn’t new to this kind of disruption. As an artist, illustrator, designer, and writer, her work has always pushed against polish, taste, and convention. If you know her book I Wonder, you know her voice is unmistakable.

What interested me most is that Marian began experimenting with generative AI early, back in 2023, before it became slick or predictable. Instead of being overtaken by the tool, she treated it the way she treats any material: critically, pl...