Changing the Story

Hear the story of our 2020 season and remember why driving sustained change needs the confluence of art and technology.

Topics discussed in this

Episode

The value of Art + SDGs + Technology

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Guest

Janet Rafner
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Janet Rafner is a doctoral researcher in hybrid intelligence. She was formerly a U.S. Fulbright Fellow, with degrees in physics and studio art. Her current research includes: creativity, computational citizen science, and hybrid intelligence.

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How do we optimize human creativity? Experience the Crea Blender,! A special supplemental episode to the story of

Janet Rafner and the Center for Hybrid Intelligence.

Our

Guest

Janet Rafner
@jrafner

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Janet Rafner is a doctoral researcher in hybrid intelligence. She was formerly a U.S. Fulbright Fellow, with degrees in physics and studio art. Her current research includes: creativity, computational citizen science, and hybrid intelligence.

Topics discussed in this

Episode

Experience the Crea Blender

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A reflection on what 2020 has brought to us, and how we will move to our next normal in 2021.

Topics discussed in this episode: 

• The tragedy of 2020
• The explosion of disruption
• How you can create the next normal in 2021

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Things do happen by chance. Hear the story of Jon Shower, who shares how each of us can chart an amazing path by learning from his journey from Marine to tech entrepreneur.

Our Guest

Jon Shower was in the Marine Corps through the mid 2000’s and attributes a lot of who he is today and decision making from the experiences during that time in his life.  After sustaining an injury during active duty and going through intense rehab, he realized he had a deep passion towards the fitness industry.  In 2010, he started a personal training business for professional tennis athletes in helping them through injury to peak performance.  Over the last few years, Jon’s journey has led him into the technology startup scene where he has made plenty of mistakes, had lots of fun and learned a lot. Most recently he worked with iNK Digital Networking, SmartSpaceAI and Blackbirdsecure.  

Topics discussed in this episode: 

• Finding my path
• Marine to tennis personal trainer
• Understand weakness and exploit strengths

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• LinkedIn

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What is the future of human-computer interaction? Will this lead to a set of digital rights? The answers lie in the combination of art and technology to create the sense of possibility. Hear the story of Oriana Persico and Salvatore Iaconesi, found inspiration, disruption, and love through their exploration of artistic intelligence.

Our

Guest

Salvatore Iaconesi
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Salvatore Iacomnesi is an interaction designer, robotics engineer, artist, hacker; and Oriana Persico is an artist and writer. Together, they look at all changes in society deriving from the coming of ubiquitous networks and technologies. Between poetics and politics, bodies and architecture, and revolutionary business models, the couple promotes a vision of the world in which art is what unifies science, politics, and economy.

Their performances, publications, and artwork have appeared all over the world. They teach Near Future and Design in several universities, among them ISIA in Florence and Università La Sapienza in Rome. They are also the founders of HER – Human Ecosystems Relazioni, a research center that uses art and design to create cultural acceleration processes through data as the existential border of the human being in contemporary societies.

Topics discussed in this

Episode

Finding love, with a helping hand from AI

Bio Dolls: The Digital Prostitute - exploring the human-computer interaction

Creating the sense of unexpectedness, possibility

The censoring of "Angel_F"

Digital Rights: we need the tools and language to immerse people

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What’s more important for students to learn? Hear the story of Matty West, who has unlocked the secret of building critical thinking skills.

Our Guest

Matty West believes that complete strangers can do things for others with unconditional love and that it can make a huge difference in people’s lives. He wants to empower, challenge, and inspire young minds. He is fascinated with personal growth and developing a sharper mindset. Matty shares life experiences and lessons with his students, believing that everyone has GREATNESS inside of them, and Matty helps them tap into it. He is also writing a book called What if Today was Yesterday.

Topics discussed in this episode: 

• The magic of soccer 
• Students must be active participants
• How to get good at not answering questions
• It’s not what they think, it is that they are thinking
• Unlocking greatness

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Everyone has a billion dollar idea, but how many people have the will to do it? Hear the story of Danny May, who pursued his passion and went from plumber to AI pioneer.

Our Guest

Danny May is a global AI tech entrepreneur and industry speaker who founded Lingmo, a digital, AI-Powered translation software provider. Despite no IT or AI background, his idea to develop a real-time language translation solution broke down the global language barrier. His company was inspired after an embarrassing situation in China where his passport was stolen, and he had no way of communicating with the local people. 

Topics discussed in this episode: 

• Plumber turned tech entrepreneur
• Don’t do it for the money
• Playing in the big leagues
• Enabling my communication

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• Website 
• LinkedIn
• Lingmo: LinkedIn
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• Lingmo Twitter
• Lingmo Facebook

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The Beatles covering today’s popular songs? Four chords that can evoke any emotion? Hear the story of LJ Rich, who is classically trained in music but likes to improvise as she taps into her superpower to transform music (with a little help from AI.)

Our

Guest

LJ Rich
@thisisljrich

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Lj Rich is a Technologist, music artist, inventor and NASA Datanaut LJ Rich is well known for presenting on the BBC’s flagship technology show ‘Click’, though she’s also gathering notoriety talking about her synaesthesia – a mixing of the senses that gives her both super-powers and fatal flaws…

She sees colours when hearing music, and food tastes and textures map to musical keys. LJ was interviewed in The New York Times about her experiences as a synesthete and musician.

At the United Nations AI for Good Summit, LJ hosted and performed on two pianos and two computers to an audience of over 600 distinguished ministers, ambassadors, scientists and honoured guests.

Topics discussed in this

Episode

The artificial composer

The Beatles covering "Call Me Maybe"

The 4 chords

Can AI create art? It's about inspiration

We need "imperfections" for character

Demystifying an experience and connecting people

The synesthesia superpower

Being a NASA Datanaut

Lj Rich's Social Media

Website

Personal Website

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LinkedIn

Facebook

Twitter

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A moment of reflection on 2020 and why we should be grateful (despite all the bad.)

Topics discussed in this episode: 

• Grateful for what we have
• Covid-19 is bad but also the great accelerator

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How will machines make us more human? The secret lies in opponent theory. Hear the story of Reeps One, who decided, after 50,000 years, to disrupt the human voice and unlocked a much deeper set of mysteries and perhaps the ultimate confluence of man and machine.

Our

Guest

Reeps One
@reeps1

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Harry Yeff (AKA Reeps One) is an ARS PRIX Electronica nominated artist and musician based in London. His expertise in vocal musicianship and creative direction has generated an online global following, rendering over 100 million views and recognition as a pioneer of experimental vocalism.

In 2018 Yeff completed his third artist residency at Harvard University and is currently part of the Experiments in Art and Technology program at Bell Labs.

Topics discussed in this

Episode

After 50K years, disrupting the voice

Artists don't close doors, they open them

Artists are the governance of narrative

Why we need AI opponents

Artists are obsessed and that's good for inspiration and innovation

The AI Masterpiece

Pairing Humans and Technology

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