The pleasure and peril of AI and the future of creativity

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The pleasure and peril of AI and the future of creativity 〰️

View fullsize I was invited to give the keynote at the Realize Canada National Youth Summit on Episodic Disabilities and Employment, speaking about AI and the future of work. We explored creative agency, AI literacy in the workplace, and how emerging technologie
View fullsize Is there a photograph AI can’t make? These images by Alex Franklin were created in response to an assignment in Chris Buck’s Checking Focus critique group: Make an image that AI can’t. They capture the small, unresolved moments th
View fullsize LOVE vs AI: Why Be Lonely. A conversation about AI companionship and the future of intimacy. We talked about empathy, affection, addiction, grief bots, moral panic, and why messy human connection is still worth the effort. In a full room, we held
View fullsize Victoria Hetherington (author of The Friend Machine) was on @cbc's Metro Morning today talking about AI companionship and the questions at the heart of LOVE vs. AI. Tonight she joins Dr. Michael Inzlicht (UofT) for an intimate, in-person conversatio
View fullsize Meet LOVE vs. AI panelist Dr. Michael Inzlicht, Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto, researching empathy and effort when human needs are increasingly met by machines. Join Michael, Victoria Hetherington, and yours truly for a small,
View fullsize Such a delight to ride the new Eglinton LRT line. It was a long wait but so happy we are finally here! 🚇
View fullsize Meet LOVE vs. AI panelist Victoria Hetherington. Author of The Friend Machine: On the Trail of AI Companionship. Join the conversation with Victoria Hetherington, Dr. Michael Inzlicht and yours truly, alongside a room full of creative, tech and ment
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View fullsize Latest from THE GRAIN Newsletter: Do machines suffer with us? What did Moltbook teach us about human-machine interaction, and why do we fall for compassionate clankers? Subscribe THE GRAIN Newsletter at thegrainai.substack.com Join us for LOVE
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View fullsize Latest from THE GRAIN Podcast: AI vs. Inspiration 💖 Much of the conversation around AI assumes the creative voice is fragile and easily flattened by powerful tools. My conversation with Marian Bantjes @bantjes suggests the opposite. AI didn&rsqu
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View fullsize LOVE vs. AI: Why Be Lonely? If AI can listen, respond, and empathize on demand, what happens to intimacy? Join us for a live, provocative, and intimate conversation about AI companionship, desire, and what still makes human connection matter. 🖤 V
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View fullsize Latest from THE GRAIN Podcast: AI vs. Photography What happens when you don’t ask about AI, and it still dominates the conversation? Heather Morton and Rob Haggart join me to unpack what their new State of the Photo Industry Survey reveals ab
View fullsize Join THE GRAIN on Wed Feb 11 at Montauk Bar in Toronto for a much-needed conversation about why we seek love and intimacy from robots. Victoria Hetherington, author of The Friend Machine: On the Trail of AI Companionship joins Dr. Michael Inzlicht,
View fullsize A new essay from THE GRAIN. Picturing Iran: Concealment through mass visibility I write about how AI-generated protest images protect identities and create symbols, even when loosening themselves from truth. Link in bio and thegrainai.substack.com
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A platform exploring how artificial intelligence is reshaping creativity, authorship, and culture.

Founded by Ronit Novak, THE GRAIN is a nonprofit foundation that brings together artists, technologists, researchers, and educators.

Through podcasts, essays, and public events, we explore the evolving relationship between human creativity and intelligent machines, and share ideas that empower rather than replace us.

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