Creativity Squared

How do you keep your agency in the age of A.I.? Listen in to find out! For the 50th episode of Creativity Squared, we have Sam Jordan, a futurist on a mission to spread “plausible optimism.” As a Manager at Future Today Institute, she helps clients navigate and plan for unpredictable futures with certainty. Sam also wrote on computing, the metaverse, space, and A.I. in the 2024 Emerging Tech Trend...

Yemi A.D. (Yemi Akinyemi Dele) is a multidisciplinary creative force dedicated to helping people unlock their creative potential. He’s also preparing for his biggest mission yet: a trip around the Moon!   As a Czech-Nigerian artist, entrepreneur, and crew member of the dearMoon mission, Yemi exemplifies a pioneering spirit and profound passion for social innovation and youth empowerment.  Yemi is...

With the golden ticket to test out OpenAI’s Sora, Nik Kleverov joins Creativity Squared to discuss his experience with the text-to-video model and the childlike creativity it unleashed in him. Nik is not only an Emmy-grade storyteller but is also an immigrant and the son of a nonconformist artist who the Soviet government persecuted. Nik’s life story and varied experiences inform his diverse appro...

Join us as we celebrate the one-year anniversary of Creativity Squared!  We at Creativity Squared don’t want anyone to have their head in the sand and then feel like they’ve been hit by a Mack truck with A.I. and all that’s coming. That’s why this platform is dedicated to empowering creators, artists, and curious minds to unlock exponential creativity and confidently navigate A.I. in the new Imagi...

Are we in a gaming simulation and don’t know it? Listen in to find out! Meet Rudi Bonaparte who’s driving innovation at Riot Games, the gaming studio that created the iconic ‘League of Legends’ which is the most-played PC game in the world. Rudi is a gaming executive with a professional focus on creating systems and spaces that empower creators to do their best work. As Riot Game’s Director of Cor...

Where do we draw the line with A.I. from an ethical lens? Meet Dr. Andrew Cullison who is the founding executive director of the Cincinnati Ethics Center and a research professor at the University of Cincinnati who specializes in moral reasoning, ethics education, and leadership development. With over 15 peer-reviewed publications to his name, Andy is a leading scholar on questions of how we can h...

What if you could have a conversation with Salvador Dalí? Now you can…with the A.I. version of Dalí! To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Surrealism, we have a special Creativity Squared episode for you today with none other than the legendary Surrealist artist, Salvador Dalí…or rather, the A.I.-reimagined Dalí! The artist famously wrote, “If someday I may die, though it is unlikely, I hope the p...

Cindy Gallop who is the face of ‘the Social Sex Revolution,’ joins Creativity Squared again to discuss sex, A.I. & the human condition.  Cindy is the Founder & CEO of MakeLoveNotPorn, the world's first and only user-generated, human-curated social sex video-sharing platform. Its mission is to end rape culture by socializing and normalizing sex and promoting good sexual values and behavior.  With o...

Discover thought-provoking exhibits that interrogate A.I. through art with Marlies Wirth, the Curator for Digital Culture and Head of the Design Collection at the MAK — Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna, Austria.  As a curator and art historian, Marlies explores the cultural, social, ecological, and political impacts of the digital age and the role of art and design in re-imagining our relationship...

You won’t be on the fence about investing in the metaverse after this episode!  From aeronautical engineering to trailblazing the intersection of art and technology, meet Domhnaill Hernon. Domhnaill is an award-winning technology and innovation executive. He received an undergrad in Aeronautical Engineering and a PhD in Aerodynamics from the University of Limerick and an executive MBA from Dublin...

J. is an independent publisher and author who has published more than two million words, sold more than 185,000 books worldwide, and is an official member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, the Horror Writers Association, and the Great Lakes Association of Horror Writers. Co-founder of the Writers, Ink podcast with J.D. Barker, J. has interviewed some of today's most successful...

How can you put your virtual human to work? Listen in to find out! Natalie Monbiot, who has six virtual human twins of herself, is an emerging technology strategist and pioneer in virtual human and A.I. video technology. As a founding team member and head of strategy at Hour One, she has helped to create the category from the ground up, from the vision to ethics to commercialization. A leading voi...

Growing up in the traffic-clogged streets of Bogotá, Colombia, Alejandro Lozano Robledo has long been fascinated by the untapped potential of our cities to uplift everyone, especially the most marginalized. Today, he leads research on autonomy, smart cities, the shared economy, A.I., and transit-oriented development using human-centered design as the Director of Future Mobility Design Lab and Rese...

Passionate about driving large-scale, global societal change, Dex Hunter-Torricke is the head of Global Communications & Marketing for Google DeepMind, one of the world's leading A.I. companies. Today, you’ll discover Dex’s vision for A.I. to help solve humanity's grand challenges, while ensuring it’s developed safely and responsibly. We also discuss key aspects shaping A.I. in 2024 like Google’s...

What’s the story we’re going to collectively coauthor together with GenAI? Listen in for what’s possible! Katie Trauth Taylor is Co-founder and CEO of Narratize, an all-female-founded startup based in Cincinnati, Ohio.  With her PhD in narrative science, Katie is a serial entrepreneur who leads the design and implementation of evidence-based methods that enable people to harness the power of stori...

What can a safe internet for all look like? Cindy Gallop, one of the fiercest women I know, made an exception on her birthday to be interviewed and discuss her solution to ending A.I. deepfakes for everyone on the internet, not just celebrities like Taylor Swift. What’s her solution? Listen to Episode 35 now to find out. Named “The Most Provocative Woman in the World,” Cindy Gallop is the Founder...

From a chronic illness to a meteoric rise as an A.I.-Collaborative Artist, meet Claire Silver.  Claire is an anonymous artist who works with oil, acrylic, collage, photography, and different digital mediums. By blending classical styles and mythos into her art, she collaboratively produces work that feels at once familiar and strange, exploring themes of innocence, trauma, the hero's journey, and...

Creativity Squared is the leading podcast exploring the intersection of A.I. and creativity.  Season two drops on February 1, 2024 — subscribe as you won’t want to miss our upcoming episodes where A.I. artists share how they collaborate with artificial intelligence and GenAI. Guests featured in the trailer include: A.I. Collaborative Artist Claire Silver, Dex Barton (Google Deepmind), Alejandro Lo...

Just as the T-800 saves humanity in Terminator 2, this remake demonstrates A.I. unleashing creativity, not destruction! For our last episode of 2023, we have a special holiday edition of Creativity Squared featuring the amazing minds behind “OUR T2 REMAKE,” which is one of the first full-length feature films created using only artificial intelligence. You’re in for a treat to hear the making of th...

Are machines creative? Discover the evolving answer to this question due to GenAI in today’s episode.  Pushing the boundaries between Design, Art, and Digital Technology, Martin Grödl and Moritz Resl founded Process Studio, an experimental design studio based in Vienna that specializes in generative and interactive design for branding, web, installation, and print. As well as traditional graphic d...

In the age of A.I., can you imagine a world without online harms? Maya Daver-Massion is the Head of Online Safety at PUBLIC, a London-based digital transformation partner committed to helping the public sector turn innovative ideas into practical solutions. She is an Online Safety subject matter expert, having worked with the public and private sectors to tackle harms including online child sexual...

A.I. is a WILD rollercoaster ride!  This is the THIRTIETH Creativity Squared episode that coincides with and celebrates the one-year anniversary of OpenAI’s announcement of ChatGPT. Today’s guest is John du Pre Gauntt, the founder of Culture & Code, a B2B podcast and newsletter focused on Generative Artificial Intelligence for Creative Professionals.  We recorded this conversation on the afternoon...

What’s a Full Stack Creator? Discover in Episode 29 with A.I. Artist Ben Nash!  Ben is a visionary Full Stack Creator based in Cincinnati, Ohio who marries design, code, and artistic flair to craft digital products, websites, fabricated signage, and A.I. art. With an adventurous backpacking spirit combined with a degree in Industrial Design, honed in innovative hubs like San Francisco and Austin,...

Drumroll…introducing the Leica M11-P, the world’s first camera with Content Credentials built-in at the point of capture, marking a watershed moment for trust and transparency for photographers and consumers.  Our guest in Episode 28 is Kiran Karnani who is the Vice President of Marketing at Leica Camera North America. Under her leadership, the company launched the Leica Women Foto Project which i...

A.I. is promising the moon and the stars, but how do you actually make sense of all of it? Tune in today’s episode to discover how! Krista Sande-Kerback is Marketing Leader for OpenPages which is IBM’s platform for Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC). She is working on the upcoming major launch of watsonx.governance. Watsonx is IBM’s recently announced generative A.I. platform that comes with a...