Creativity in the AI Age with Hamza Shaikh

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Subscribe to Show Notes for more from Space by Stansons at In this episode, Guy sits down with Hamza Shaikh, Digital Artist at Gensler , to explore the rapidly evolving world of AI, image generation, and creativity in design alongside the release of his latest book. Hamza shares his journey from architectural drawing and social media to becoming deeply immersed in AI experimentation, explaining how early exposure to tools like Midjourney shaped his thinking and led him to write about agency, authorship, and creative control in an AI-driven world. The conversation dives into the current state of the industry, from the explosion of AI-generated content and “slop” online, to the growing tension around copyright, data ownership, and the ethics of creative work . Hamza also reflects on the limitations of current AI tools, highlighting that while image generation has advanced rapidly, the industry is still far from generating fully realised, data-rich built environments. A key theme throughout is education.