#71 - The Mirror Has No Soul: My Deepest AI Dilemma Yet

In this heartfelt and thought-provoking episode, I open up about the most profound creative conflict I’ve experienced so far—a dilemma born from an experiment with AI-generated music. I had no idea that what started as a fun, exploratory prompt would strike such a deep emotional chord.

What happens when something created by a machine feels deeply human?

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This episode unpacks that question from multiple angles—art, authenticity, emotion, and the meaning we assign to creative work. I walk you through my emotional journey after prompting Suno to generate a cinematic, sci-fi-inspired song that somehow felt like it was mine... even though it wasn’t.

It’s not just a conversation about AI. It’s a mirror—one that reflects back our stories, our patterns, and what it means to create meaning in a world of machine learning.

I also share the song that stirred all this inner conflict. It’s called “The River and Star,” and it’s inspired by the love story of Aenea and Raul from the Hyperion Cantos. Beautiful. Haunting. Familiar. And completely unexpected.