Why you shouldn't panic about AI (do this instead...)
Passion With Purpose - Photography Podcast, Creative Business, Six Figure Photographer
Nathan Chanski - Photography Business Coach
5.0 • 573 Ratings
🗓️ 27 May 2026
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
And now for a bit of HOPE surrounding this topic. In this episode, I share the “Heart Nate” side of the AI conversation and why I don’t believe creativity, artistry, or human connection are disappearing anytime soon.
• Why people are rejecting certain AI experiences
• The growing demand for authenticity and human connection
• What creatives should focus on in the AI era
• Why I believe human value is increasing, not decreasing
• My thoughts on artistry, analog experiences, and personal branding
I hope this episode leaves you encouraged to create boldly, humanize your brand, and lean deeper into what makes your work truly irreplaceable.
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| 0:00.0 | On today's episode, we're going to be talking about AI again. I just actually did a recent episode on my podcast about AI. And it was kind of like a prediction episode on what I think AI will be doing to have the photography industry in the next couple of years. And I remember as I was creating that episode, even as I was kind of recording that episode, I was thinking to myself, I bet that I'm going to have to make another episode about this. |
| 0:26.8 | And I bet I'm going to have to talk about AI again because to just put out that type of episode is just not truly a holistic understanding of where I'm at with AI and what I |
| 0:39.2 | believe about AI and like my predictions with AI. And so if you have not heard that episode, |
| 0:44.5 | I would go back and listen. It's very recent. It's probably in the past 10 episodes where it's |
| 0:48.8 | basically my predictions for the future of AI in the photography industry. And that episode |
| 0:53.3 | had a very, I guess, |
| 0:55.5 | straightforward presentation to it or just straightforward way of thinking about things, |
| 1:00.3 | which is this is the way it is. Like, here's AI. There's kind of no going back. And here's |
| 1:06.1 | what I predict is coming. Be wise, be strategic. And I don't want to see you left outside of the dust. I don't |
| 1:13.5 | want to see you left in the dust of AI's rampage. I want you to actually excel in the midst of |
| 1:19.3 | whatever AI boomer in. Now, all of that being said in the last episode, there is something about me |
| 1:25.6 | personally that you should know is that I have two sides. |
| 1:30.3 | And if you have been around here for this podcast for any amount of time, you probably know |
| 1:33.9 | these two sides of me. And there's this head, Nate side, which is like the logical thinking, |
| 1:42.5 | realism, hustle, profit, practicality, etc., all of that side of me. |
| 1:48.0 | That's the headnate. |
| 1:49.9 | And then there's also this other side of me, which is the heart Nate. |
| 1:54.2 | So this is like what I believe in, the things that I find beautiful, things that evoke emotion in me, the feelings |
| 2:03.4 | in me, the creativity in me. I don't know. This is how God made me. But anyways, I find that |
| 2:10.0 | heart-led Nate is more like the way that I was born. And head-led Nate is more something |
| 2:16.9 | that I'd, like'd cultivate over the years. |
| 2:18.6 | Like, that's like my business rationale side, whatever. |
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