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Building AI systems for the pace of the humans that use them.
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AI, Media & The 'Affordances' of Story
AI as creator. The mistake of focusing on generated media. And making sense of stories in a new age.
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World Models and The Future of Film
AI will give birth to new forms of media. The craft of film will shift as we transition to production based on world models.
Aug 26, 2025
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AIMythos, The Queen and Hyperrealism
Apr 3, 2023
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Midjourney Is The Next Netflix. Here's Why
Apr 21, 2023
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AI, Media and Meaning
Apr 1, 2023
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Sharknado Hits Hollywood
Apr 6, 2023
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AI and the Art of Letting Go
Apr 30, 2023
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World Models and The Future of Film
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AI Is Not a Tool
And it isn't a person either. But how we frame discussions of technology matters.
May 7, 2025
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AI and the Art of Letting Go
Unmoored, both exhilarated and overwhelmed, this new age seems to have come from nowhere. But underneath all the tech, hype and doomsaying, there are…
Apr 30, 2023
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Midjourney Is The Next Netflix. Here's Why
Midjourney is on a path to become the next Netflix (and give YouTube a run for its money). Understanding why helps to shake free of some myths about…
Apr 21, 2023
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Sharknado Hits Hollywood
AI will upend how movies are made. Who will control how human-generated myths are made when AI-Mythos will be its own thing?
Apr 6, 2023
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Today in AI: On Cults, Citizen Juries and Too Many Tabs
It's early days. Even without an AI-generated tsunami of content, we already have too many tabs.
Apr 4, 2023
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AIMythos, The Queen and Hyperrealism
What happens when 'deep fakes' become alternative realities? Does AI push us past memes or fan art into something else? Or...why I can't get a photo of…
Apr 3, 2023
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AI, Media and Meaning
AI will create seismic shifts in culture, not least because we are no longer the planet's sole creators. We will see the emergence of an AI-Mythos as a…
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