Sandra Rodriguez is a director and creative director of immersive experiences that use AI to create spaces where you interact with sentient-like entities. I had a chance to catch up with her during Tribeca Immersive 2023 to unpack three of her recent projects that are at the intersection of XR and AI: Chomsky vs Chomsky (see my previous interview in episode #898), Sex, Desire, and Data Show at the Phi Centre, and Future Rites (see my previous interview in episode #1076).

We cover everything from large language models from GPT 2.0 to GPT 4.0, creating abstract art from an AI model that trained on millions of porn videos, and creating an AI autotune for embodied dance movements. Rodriguez has so many deep and profound insights about the intersection between XR and AI that I saw it fitting to conclude my 17-episode series with my latest interview with her.

Here is a list of the entire series of 17 interviews in this series:

#1253: XR & AI Series Kickoff with Evo Heyning on a Promptcraft Guide to Generative Media

#1254: Using AI to Upskill Creative Sovereignty with XR Arist Violeta Ayala

#1255: Using GPT Chatbots to Bootstrap Social VR Spaces with “Quantum Bar” Demo

#1256: Using GPT for Conversational Interface for Escape Room VR Game "The Unclaimed Masterpiece"

#1257: Talk on Preliminary Thoughts on AI: History, Ethics, and Conceptual Frames

#1258: Using XR & AI to Reclaim and Preserve Indigenous Languages with Michael Running Wolf

#1259: AWE Panel on the Intersection of AI and the Metaverse

#1260: Using ChatGPT for XR Education and Persistent Virtual Assistant via AR Headsets

#1261: Using ChatGPT for Rapid Prototyping of Tilt Five AR Applications with CEO Jeri Ellsworth

#1262: Using in AI in AR Filters & ChatGPT for Business Planning with Educator Don Allen Stevenson III

#1263: MeetWol AI Agent with Niantic, Overbeast AR App, & Speculative Architecture Essays with Keiichi Matsuda

#1264: Inworld.ai for Dynamic NPC Characters with Knowledge, Memory, & Robust Narrative Controls

#1265: Integrating Generative AI into Live Theatre Performance in WebXR with OnBoardXR

#1266: Converting Dance into Multi-Channel Generative AI Performance at 30FPS with "Kinectic Diffusion"

#1267: Frontiers of XR & AI Integrations with ONX Studio Technical Directors & Sensorium Co-Founders

#1268: Survey of Open Metaverse Technologies & AI Workflows by Adrian Biedrzycki

#1269: Three XR & AI Projects: "Sex, Desire, and Data Show," "Chomsky vs Chomsky," and "Future Rites"

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