Cole Lee (@covacut) joins Leila Clark for a live conversation about AI, art, and self-expression. We talk about Undertale, cyberpunk, when we'll see the first AI artist, why tech pays creators while it talks about replacing them, and the step-by-step process behind Cole's videos.

Full transcript, with clickable timestamps: https://stardrift.ai/talks/covacut/
Watch the video: https://youtu.be/EeWqL7tD11I

Chapters
00:00 Highlights
00:21 Introduction
01:33 What Undertale tells us about design and constraints
05:24 Why Cole isn't worried about being replaced
06:51 Why cyberpunk resonates in the modern era
08:49 Where does the name covacut come from?
09:33 When will we see the first AI artist?
13:58 One piece of advice for beginners making art with AI
14:48 Why tech pays creators while it talks about replacing them
17:41 Does tech take short-form seriously?
19:24 Cole's next project
20:22 Q&A: embodiment and AI judgment
22:21 The step-by-step process @covacut uses to make her videos

Find Cole's videos at https://www.instagram.com/covacut/
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Music: "Bit Quest" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), CC BY 4.0