AI, Agency and the Human Imagination: In Conversation with Robi Gallardo Artificial intelligence has become impossible to ignore. Whether quietly enhancing the photographs we make on our smartphones or generating entirely synthetic images from a line of text, AI is redefining the boundaries of photography at remarkable speed. Yet while the technology continues to evolve, the questions it raises are far older than the software itself. What makes an image ours? Where does authorship begin and end? Can a machine ever replicate lived experience, or merely imitate its appearance? These are questions I continue to explore through this ongoing interview series for TheAppWhisperer. Rather than focusing on the technology alone,…