I’m looking to move people who are interested purely in my investigation into AI over to my Substack: AI vs. TV My medium blog will continue to contain a variety of content, but I’m building that out as a single focus.

Here’s what I learned about an AI facilitated creative process — I’ve been documenting my efforts to better understand the creative limitations and capabilities of AI — for now, and for the fast approaching future. …

The flipside to the AI does your homework narrative — I’ve written about a few things AI doesn’t do very well on its own, namely deeply original creative work, but there is something AI does very well — writing summaries, outlines, and as it turns out, lesson plans. We live in an age when all of the information resources you…

Is there something intrinsically human about comedy? — Oh, the humanity! Humor is arguably the most nuanced form of human communication. It’s about finding common ground between individuals and cleverly elevating it to the point of provoking an exceptional response — laughter. While a well-crafted message could play on common tropes to incite anger or fear, prompting laughter is a more…

Let’s go into the uncanny VALL-E — Do we rage against the machine? This is a sensitive subject in the industry right now. I’ve spent a lot of time talking about it with my wife, Helen Kennedy Turner who is a professional voice actor & vocal coach with credits ranging from Disney to World of Warcraft and other AAA games. She’s helped me…

Short answer — No. — As I continue to think about the current state of AI and its future impact on the media & entertainment industry, it seems like, at the heart of the issue is — What are the creative limitations of AI? (if any at all) I recently got into a debate with…

Can AI write a script that even comes close to the work of Douglas Adams? The story so far… So I’ve asked ChatGPT (using GPT-4) to create a new chapter of the radio program, as a starting point. Again this is not about my creative wrangling of AI to create something good. My…

Is Hollywood really in danger of AI taking over? — I’m someone who has lived his professional career seeking out the bleeding edge of innovation. While at Sony Pictures and Netflix, I was at the forefront of disrupting cable TV via streaming services, and since then I’ve been focused on understanding the next imminent disruption. …

Artists from 30+ countries have participated so far — Extended deadline: 07 November What is RAMP 2022? Introduction to RAMP & [ mxtter ] As we relaunch our artist drops, we wanted to kick things off with an incredibly ambitious, hopefully record-breaking project involving all of the artists within our network. This comes after our #ArtistSummer grants program where we saw 300+ artist…