Lisa Randall

The devastation of Katrina has also created an historic opportunity to rebuild — but it blew open a long-simmering battle over how to design cities. Kurt talks with the urban planners who are offering competing visions of New Orleans’ future. We’ll also hear from a photographer who reinvented the camera, and find out why the […]

This week, Kurt Andersen asks: can computers make art? And if so, is it any good? We’ll meet a program named AARON that’s been painting for nearly 40 years, a filmmaker who replaced her editor with an algorithm, and professor who thinks what computers need is more Shakespeare.

This week, Kurt Andersen asks: can computers make art? And if so, is it any good? We’ll meet a program named AARON that’s been painting for nearly 40 years, a filmmaker who replaced her editor with an algorithm, and a professor who thinks what computers need is more Shakespeare. (Originally aired: December 16, 2011)