AI & The Future of Humanity: Artificial Intelligence, Technology, VR, Algorithm, Automation, ChatBPT, Robotics, Augmented Reality, Big Data, IoT, Social Media, CGI, Generative-AI, Innovation, Nanotechnology, Science, Quantum Computing: The Creative Process Interviews
by The Creative Process Original Series: Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Innovation, Engineering, Robotics & Internet of Things
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What are the dangers, risks, and opportunities of AI? What role can we play in designing the future we want to live in? With the rise of automation, what is the future of work? We talk to experts about the roles government, organizations, and individuals can play to make sure powerful technologies truly make the world a better place–for everyone.
Conversations with futurists, philosophers, AI experts, scientists, humanists, activists, technologists, policymakers, engineers, science fiction authors, lawyers, designers, artists, among others.
The interviews are hosted by founder and creative educator Mia Funk with the participation of students, universities, and collaborators from around the world.
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- Poetry, AI & Preserving the Human Core of Expression w/ 24th US Poet Laureate ADA LIMÓN · 36 min · Season 17 Episode 1271What does it mean to return to the rooms where your imagination first took root? In this intimate conversation, 24th US Poet Laureate Ada Limón joins Mia Funk to explore her…
- The Fight for the Future: AI, Privacy & Power with CARISSA VÉLIZ · 55 min · Season 16 Episode 1241In this episode of Speaking Out of Place, produced in collaboration with The Creative Process, host David Palumbo-Liu speaks with Carissa Véliz, an associate professor at the…
- Psychotherapy, AI, and Preserving the Human Core of Expression w/ EMMY VAN DEURZEN · 40 min · Season 17 Episode 1276Emmy van Deurzen has spent five decades mapping the architecture of human existence. Born in the Netherlands in the shadow of the Second World War and trained in the radical…
- Art as the Ultimate Technology: Preserving the Human Core in the Age of AI w/ LINCOLN CENTER’S SHANTA THAKE · 58 min · Season 17 Episode 1270As the Chief Artistic Officer at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Shanta Thake is breaking down barriers—both literal and figurative—to create a more inclusive cultural…
- AI, Robotics, VR, Bio-plastics: LINCOLN CENTER’S Shanta Thake on the Power of Performing Arts in the Age of AI - Highlights · 19 min · Season 17 Episode 1269As the Chief Artistic Officer at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Shanta Thake is breaking down barriers—both literal and figurative—to create a more inclusive cultural…
- Surviving the AI Hype Cycle Without Losing Your Mind (or Your Job) w/ NACHO DE GREGORIO - Highlights · 18 min · Season 17 Episode 1263For over a decade, technology has promised to simplify our lives, but the rapid rise of AI has brought a wave of anxiety about the future of work, governance, and human…
- AI, Algorithms & Preserving the Human Core of Memory with GEORGI GOSPODINOV & ANGELA RODEL - Highlights · 26 min · Season 17 Episode 1266In this profoundly moving episode of The Creative Process, we sit down with celebrated Bulgarian author Georgi Gospodinov and acclaimed translator Angela Rodel to discuss their…
- The $7.5 Trillion Gamble on AI Domination & The Future of Humanity w/ NACHO DE GREGORIO · 1 h 43 min · Season 17 Episode 1262For over a decade, technology has promised to simplify our lives, but the rapid rise of AI has brought a wave of anxiety about the future of work, governance, and human…
- Architecture, AI & Preserving the Human Core of Expression with SALWA & SELMA MIKOU · 22 min · Season 16 Episode 1249Founders of Mikou Architecture, Salwa & Selma Mikou bring a deeply human-centric approach to modern design. Drawing from their childhood in the vibrant, labyrinthine medinas of…
- Why Do We Listen to the Talkers More Than the Builders Saving the Planet? - TOM CHI - Highlights · 22 min · Season 16 Episode 1240How do we move past climate anxiety and into actionable solutions? Tom Chi, physicist, inventor, and founding partner at At One Ventures, argues that our current economic systems…
- Climate Capital with TOM CHI - Google X Co-founder, Founding Partner At One Ventures · 1 h 27 min · Season 16 Episode 1239How do we move past climate anxiety and into actionable solutions? Tom Chi, physicist, inventor, and founding partner at At One Ventures, argues that our current economic systems…
- AI, Escaping the Screen & Listening to the Living World: DAVID HASKELL on the Songs of Nature - Highlights · 18 min · Season 16 Episode 1237Biologist and author David George Haskell challenges everything we think we know about our place in nature. We aren't separate individuals; we are walking, breathing ecosystems…
- Game Over: Metrics, Big Data & Why We Need to Stop Keeping Score w/ C. THI NGUYEN - Highlights · Season 16 Episode 1223On this episode of The Creative Process, philosopher C. Thi Nguyen joins us to discuss his new book, The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game. He unpacks the profound…
- The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game with C. THI NGUYEN · 1 h 12 min · Season 16 Episode 1222On this episode of The Creative Process, philosopher C. Thi Nguyen joins us to discuss his new book, The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game. He unpacks the profound…
- Beyond the Plagiarism Machine: Reclaiming Imagination from AI Slurry w/ AL KENNEDY · 34 min · Season 16 Episode 1221In this insightful episode of The Creative Process, host Mia Funk sits down with Costa Book Award-winning author, activist, and comedian Al Kennedy to explore the intersection of…
- SIRI HUSTVEDT on Love, Grief, AI, Creativity & the Future of Humanity · 1 h 37 min · Season 16 Episode 1218In this poignant and intellectually sweeping episode of The Creative Process , celebrated writer Siri Hustvedt opens up about the loss of her husband of 43 years, the legendary…
- ART CURE: How the Arts Can Transform Our Health with DAISY FANCOURT · 20 min · Season 16 Episode 1217We often view the arts as a luxury—something to enjoy only after the "real work" is done. But DAISY FANCOURT, Associate Professor at University College London and author of Art…
- AI, Muse Cells & The Future of Health: Why Stars like Chris Hemsworth & Tony Robbins Turn to Regenerative Medicine · 22 min · Season 16 Episode 1212Why do stars like Chris Hemsworth turn to regenerative medicine? In these highlights, Dr. Adeel Khan—CEO of Eterna Health and a pioneer in MUSE cell therapy—demystifies the…
- Speaking Out of Place - DAVID PALUMBO-LIU on Reclaiming Our Political Voices - Highlights · 12 min · Season 15 Episode 1206On the urgent need to reclaim our political voices, the forces that silence dissent, and how art and poetry are crucial tools for survival Our guest today is an activist scholar…
- Reclaiming the American Dream with DAVID PALUMBO-LIU – Stanford Professor, Author & Host, Speaking Out of Place · 1 h 6 min · Season 15 Episode 1204On the urgent need to reclaim our political voices, the forces that silence dissent, and how art and poetry are crucial tools for survival “There is a dispute about what the…
