I went to visit my good friend Shishir Chokshi from Augusta Ga, At Tire City Potters. The air carried a mix of clay dust and kiln warmth. As I settled into a recliner while Shishir finished some mugs on the wheel, the conversation drifted beyond pottery and craft, toward something heavier in the cultural air: the growing unease about artificial intelligence. Between sips of Modelo beer and bursts of laughter, we admitted how often we heard AI framed as a threat—something cold, dangerous, or dehumanizing.

But there, surrounded by the fingerprints of human hands pressed into clay, we decided the narrative didn’t have to stay that way. If a pottery shop could turn mud into art, why couldn’t we turn algorithms into good? We sketched ideas in out heads, spoke about fairness, creativity, and community, and agreed that the best antidote to fear was responsible action. By the time we drained our cans, we weren’t just friends enjoying a night out—we were co-conspirators in a mission: to remind the world that AI, like clay, takes its shape from the hands that guide it.
So after a few misguided attempts, Shishir came up with this! Godzilla holding a mug! I will assume he must have been inspired by the mug he had spun during our conversation.
I took the design, and brought it to the laser, and made a clay stamp! I sent it off to him in the mail.. he should receive it tomorrow. I can’t wait to see how he uses it!

And I can’t wait to see what other crazy Ideas we can accomplish.<3