Chad Nelson on How AI Could Shape the Future of Creativity, Collaboration, and How We Can Survive

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Ep249: OpenAI's Chad Nelson on How Artificial Intelligence Could Shape the Future of Creativity, Collaboration, and How We Can Survive
My guest today is AI specialist Chad Nelson, who is also an award-winning creative director and technology strategist with over two decades of blending technology and entertainment seamlessly. Throughout his career, he has been at the forefront of emerging technologies and applying them to create new entertainment experiences. And this new era of AI is no different.
Chad has recently created an animated short film, Critterz, with the help of AI. Though AI has created a lot of controversy in the creative space, Chad reveals a different perspective in which AI is just another tool that artists can use to let their ideas come to life. We go way beneath the surface of prompts and AI art to unravel why and how the creative human mind remains indispensable in any creative work. We also discuss the ethics involved in using AI as well as how creatives can harness AI to stand out from all the noise that, ironically, AI will create.
As a creative myself, I too understand the fear that this age of AI can bring. But this conversation with Chad shines a new light on understanding AI and shows us how irreplaceable the creative human mind is.
Chapters:
00:02:45 | Combining technology and experiences: Chad's origin story
00:07:36 | How playing golf while on vacation inspired a brilliant idea
00:11:52 | The mindset that Chad takes on to follow through with his ideas
00:14:11 | How Chad created his first AI-generated image using a short prompt
00:19:30 | Using AI in the ideation phase of creative work
00:22:53 | The cons (and pros) of replacing certain jobs with technology
00:29:21 | Where ethics draw the line between technology and people
00:36:54 | On intellectual property and ethical use of AI in creative work
00:52:51 | The pros and cons of democratization of creativity tools
01:09:16 | How to stand out in the midst of the rise of AI
01:16:17 | Bringing in the creative human mind into the thought process with AI
01:21:13 | What's (possibly) next as we go through the age of AI
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Remember These Free AOL CDs? They're Collectibles Now | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
First AI generated image that Chad created using a short prompt
匚尺丨ㄒㄒ乇尺乙 -- An animated short created with AI
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