In this episode, we explore one of the most bizarre cultural flashpoints of 2026: a University of Alaska Fairbanks student who literally ate another student’s AI-generated artwork as an act of protest — and was subsequently arrested. We’ll break down what happened on January 13 when film and performing arts major Graham Granger tore down and chewed up dozens of images from an AI-assisted art installation in a campus gallery, calling it both protest and performance art. Prosecutors charged him with fifth-degree criminal mischief after he destroyed an estimated 57 of 160 prints and spent several hours in the Fairbanks Correctional Center before being released on bail.

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· Article: “Alaska Art Student Arrested for Eating Another Student’s AI-Generated Art in Protest”

· UAF student eats AI art in gallery protest — The Sun Star / KUAC

· “AI-Induced Psychosis: Exploring the Mental Health Risks of Conversational AI”-Psychiatry Online

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