What happens when a machine learns to imagine?

Across architecture, cuisine, and live performance, AI is no longer just analysing data; it’s creating. From designing sustainable buildings and inventing new recipes to co-writing music and theatre, artificial intelligence is becoming humanity’s newest creative partner.

But as AI begins to generate beauty, structure, and taste, we face a profound question: if machines can create, what remains uniquely human?

In this episode of Decoded: AI for Everyone, Joel Leslie explores how creativity is being reframed, and not replaced. We journey from data-driven design studios and Michelin-star kitchens to digital stages where artists and algorithms perform together.

Because creativity isn’t about perfection, it’s about connection.

In this episode:

• How AI is shaping the future of architecture through generative and sustainable design.
• How algorithmic cuisine is expanding flavour and rethinking waste.
• How artists and AI are collaborating live, from orchestras to interactive theatre.
• The ethics of authorship and imagination in a world of synthetic creativity.

Because when AI learns to imagine, it teaches us to reimagine what it means to create.

Airs Saturday, November 22, 2025, at 12 pm AEST

RESOURCES

• Podcast Website: decoded-podcast.com
• Prompts & Tools: promptengineeringcookbook.com
• AI Strategy & Research: strategen-ai.com
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/decoded-ai-for-everyone

Mentioned Projects & Frameworks:

• Spacemaker AI
  
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  Hypar
  
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  Midjourney
  
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  Chef Watson (IBM Research)
  
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  Plant Jammer
  
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  Hatsune Miku
  
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  DeepMind Music Generation
  
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  UNESCO AI & Culture Reports

Hosted by Joel Leslie
Season 2 of Decoded: AI for Everyone is powered by Strategen AI. Where Research Meets Execution.