#332 Listener Questions with Ellie Dix Show
Creative Next: AI Automation at Work
The Game Design Round Table rounds out its best year yet with another set of Listener Questions! Dirk and David are joined by Ellie Dix once more to answer your questions about hidden information, designing for different group sizes, and exploring a world in which you only played board games once.
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AI & The Art of Music
Creative Next: AI Automation at Work
AI is being used by music groups, such as our guest this episode Claire Evans, a member of the band YACHT. Their latest album, Chain Tripping, leveraged machine learning solutions for the music, lyrics, and more.
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AI Composed Music
Creative Next: AI Automation at Work
Musical composition is one of the earliest examples of human art and creativity. Today, new and original music is increasingly being composed by AI. Drew Silverstein, Co-Founder and CEO of Amper Music, joins the show.
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AI & Audio Engineering
Creative Next: AI Automation at Work
AI is driving innovation in the field of audio production. Jonathan Bailey, the Chief Technology Officer of iZotope, a company pioneering advances with these technologies, talks about the state-of-the-art in audio software.
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Art & Technology
Creative Next: AI Automation at Work
AI is the latest technology to spark innovation in the art world. Artist Mario Klingemann, creator of “Memories of Passersby 1” which was auctioned by Sotheby’s in 2019, talks about his work and the future of art.
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Art, Culture, & AI
Creative Next: AI Automation at Work
The impact of AI and other emerging technologies is of great interest to artists, who translate that interest into insights about where the world is heading. Transmedia artist Stephanie Dinkins shares her work and insights.
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Evolving Digital Design
Creative Next: AI Automation at Work
The digital design profession has undergone tumultuous change over the last decades, lessons from which inform the future of AI-driven computational design. Daniel Harvey, Head of Product Design & Brand at The Dots Global, is our guest.
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Architecture & Generative Design
Creative Next: AI Automation at Work
What is the role and future of generative design and machine learning in the field of architecture? Lilli Smith, Senior Product Manager AEC Generative Design at Autodesk, joins us to discuss these emerging technologies.
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Computational Filmmaking
Creative Next: AI Automation at Work
How are computational tools changing filmmaking, and how will it change the video content of the future? To explore these topics we welcome Genevieve Patterson, Chief Scientist and Co-Founder of TRASH, to the show.
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AI Design for the Enterprise
Creative Next: AI Automation at Work
Amy Yoshitsu, a Founder and the Head of Design for Kleeen software, joins us to talk about their vision for using machine learning to automate a variety of design and engineering tasks for enterprise software.
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Architecture, in collaboration with Engineering and Construction, leads to the creation of the millions of buildings around the world. Like many other creative professions, architecture is being transformed by smartware in the form of things like generative design applications and additive fabrication, which is better known as 3d printing. Autodesk’s Lilli Smith brings more than 20 years of personal history and insight to our conversation on these topics.
Memorable Quotes
“By the year, 2050 there are going to be 10 billion people on earth and if you do the math, we're going to need to build about 13,000 buildings a day to accommodate all those people.”
“Humans are still going to be critical in these design efforts because they're gonna be setting up the problems, deciding what kinds of problems to solve using machines to help them to do a better job.”
“Machine learning algorithms lessen the number of design options that the designer has to sort through.”
“The computer can actually surprise you with combinations of different inputs that you might not have thought about before.”
“Computer literacy and coding literacy are really seen now as core competencies for architects and engineers in school.”
“When there are several inputs to the design, it becomes really hard for the human mind to keep track of all the combinations of those inputs.”
“We have tools that can actually predict the next node that you should place in a design sequence and give you ideas about what can come next.”
“Technologies like machine learning can help people to code better and they'll be able describe their design ideas better for other kinds of automation.”
“What people say they do and what they actually do is usually different.”
“My 10-year-old has been coding in Scratch since before she could read. It’s really exciting to think about what her generation, the creative things that they're going to be able to come up with to deal with these technologies.”
“Generative design is really not new. There's a long history of generative art.”
Who You'll Hear
Dirk Knemeyer, Social Futurist and Producer of Creative Next (@dknemeyer)
Jonathan Follett, Writer, Electronic Musician, Emerging Tech Researcher and Producer of Creative Next (@jonfollett)
Lilli Smith, Senior Product Manager AEC Generative Design, Autodesk (@LilliMSmith)
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