Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Can AI match human creativity? Rad Yeo explores generative AI’s capabilities, from a ChatGPT comedy routine to robotic painters. Stream more documentaries now on ABC iview: ab.co/ABCScienceDocos

00:00 Intro
02:30 What Art Means to the World's Oldest Culture
04:11 How to Define Art
08:50 How Do Machines Learn?
10:36 Meeting the Father of Language Models
14:30 Does AI Actually ‘Think’ New Ideas?
17:09 Testing AI’s Sense of Humour
26:55 How AI Image Generators Really Work
31:52 Artists Using AI as a Creative Tool
37:50 This Robot Riffs Off Every Brushstroke
39:53 AI v Human: Painting Showdown
42:59 AI v Human: Photography Battle
48:40 Can Humans Tell the Difference?
51:48 THE VERDICT
55:38 What’s Next for AI?

This Catalyst documentary was first broadcast in 2023 by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

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