My guest this episode was Niceaunties, the pseudonym of a Singaporean-based AI artist that uses her cultural heritage and childhood experiences growing up with 11 aunties, plus parents and grandparents, as inspiration for an imaged reality she created called the Auntieverse, short for Auntie Universe.

I spoke with nice aunties while she was exhibiting her work at the Zona Maco festival in Mexico City in partnership with the gallery Patricia Conde. This was part of a group show sponsored by Fellowship AI, a collective that helps support AI artists. She also recently completed an online solo show with the Fellowship that included more than 1,000 still images of her own work that she curated, many of them selling through Fellowship’s online platform Daily.xyz. We spoke about her inspiration, the AI tools she uses and how her artistic process has changed over time, and about the criticism of AI art from traditional artists. I had a great time speaking with her and I think you’ll enjoy our conversation.

- Aunties Nail Spa video discussed in the intro

- Niceaunties on Twitter and Instagram.

- Full transcript with links to everything discussed is available here.