Culture and AI
8 long-form articles on culture and artificial intelligence by Sahir Maharaj, Lead Data Scientist and Microsoft MVP. Practical, research-grounded essays on how AI is changing culture.
The Next Status Symbol Is Human-Made
When generation is free, the thing a machine cannot make becomes the luxury.
AI Is Making Nobody Original
The tools that democratised making are quietly homogenising what gets made.
What Authenticity Was Doing for Us
How AI is quietly changing what we can trust in a message.
Learning to See in an AI World
Computational capture, generative images, and what photography is still for.
How AI is Stitching a New Era in Fashion
Virtual models, sustainable production, and a new conversation about bodies.
How AI is Shaping our Creativity
GAN-generated art, the authorship question, and what still counts as an encounter.
The Employee That Never Sleeps
What leadership looks like when part of your team is an algorithm.
Why You Can't Afford to Ignore AI
The org chart quietly changed. Most companies haven't caught up yet.