Larry McNeil
18:59 - 19:17
"When students are expected to do creative work, you can't use AI to be doing that because you'll get a canned look that looks stale and stereotypical. And because AI doesn't know, you know, the meaning behind what a lot of the artwork is about."
“When students are expected to do creative work, you can't use AI to be doing that because you'll get a canned look that looks stale and stereotypical. And because AI doesn't know, you know, the meaning behind what a lot of the artwork is about.”
- Speaker
- Larry McNeil
- Timestamp
- 18:59 – 19:17
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- July 21, 2026
From the transcript
When students are expected to do creative work, you can't use AI to be doing that because you'll get a canned look that looks stale and stereotypical. And because AI doesn't know, you know, the meaning behind what a lot of the artwork is about.
Related Coverage
Tlingit artist warns AI hiring tools are already screening out job seekers of color
Larry McNeil, a Tlingit photographer and Boise State professor emeritus, warned a Sealaska Heritage Institute audience Tuesday that AI hiring tools Stanford flagged as racially biased are already in wide use, and urged artists to rely on authenticity and their own voices rather than AI-generated work.
by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago2 min read