Jan 13, 2025: Stone carvers Chris Pellettieri and Arissa Ramoutar

Chris Pellettieri founded his Stone Carvers' Academy to teach people how to shape stone with hand tools rather than robotic systems. Chris and his student Arissa Ramoutar join Mark for an in-studio chat about why robots can't match what human hands can create.

Show Notes

Above: A student at the Pellettieri Stone Carvers' Academy

• Pellettieri Stone Carvers’ Academy

• stonecarving.us, Chris Pellettieri's website

• Robots chisel out the future of sculpture as some artists embrace change and others push back (60 Minutes, Nov 10, 2024)

• Harry Stebbings, host, interviewing Mike Shulman, Co-founder of Suno, on the 20VC podcast (Jan 10, 2025). Here's the fully-surveilled YouTube link.

Guests: Chris Pellettieri

Arissa Ramoutar
Host: Mark Hurst
Comments: Playlist & Comments at WFMU
Aired: Jan 13, 2025