The Curious Refuge Podcast

In this conversation the co-founders of Pickaxe share their musings and observations of the future of Generative AI, looking well beyond the applications in film and TV, spotting new trends of how wholly new experiences lay ahead. How meme culture, randomization, and and a new breed of creator-led internet community is growing in the wake of this new technology.

In this episode we meet Will Hatcher aka King Willonious, comedian, writer, and internet breaker. His AI-generated track BBL Drizzy landed him in the center of the diss track wars between Kendrick Lamar and Drake, in all the best ways, eventually landing him in Time Magazine’s Top 100 Most Influential People in AI. Learn how it came about but more importantly how Will built off this incredible moment, and his advice to other creators both young and established.

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Fred speaks to TCL North America Chief Content Officer Chris Regina and Filmmaker Kurt Yaeger about “Best Day of My Life” a docu-fiction short, one of 5 films that premiered at Hollywood’s Chinese Theater, part of their first-ever AI/ TV Film accelerator program, content being developed for TCLtv+ the new dedicated ad-supported streaming service available on TCL and most other TV sets.

Links from the Episode: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ-ibY7OX2qr88zaj8mOsBZr-BR7spAyX

In this series of conversations, Fred explores the stories of creators re-inventing their careers through the opportunities of generative AI tools and technologies. The acclaimed actress/ screenwriter/ producer shares her journey as an early adopter, how the community spirit of like-minded filmmakers helped her overcome impostor syndrome, and how rocketboom her career into new opportunities repped by agency Secret Level, with soon to be announced releases at major festivals.

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In this conversation we meet Filmmaker Benjamin Field who has been at the forefront of Generative AI’s use case with documentaries and unscripted content. He’s been more than an early adopter, but an early pioneer using his experience to help craft Ethics and Policy for creators and and broadcasters. Along the way he’s creating new experiences resurrecting beloved but deceased famous figures to appear in documentaries, and in the case of “Virtually Parkinson” to host their own podcasts.

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In this conversation, we meet one of the sharpest media analysts and thinkers. With a deep resume at high levels of strategy in legacy media, Doug’s perspective on the current moment of disruption is prescient. What YouTube and social video did to mainstream media’s control of distribution, is now happening with Generative AI’s unlock of high quality production. From here we will stare at the data of the present and imagine a “neumorphic” future.

A conversation with Andy Cochrane, Immersive Content Creator and VFX Veteran. Most recently Senior Vice President of Post Production Innovation at MSG Sphere Studios serving immersive entertainment venue “The Sphere” in Las Vegas, he has a long resume in VR, XR and beyond. In this chat, he shares his learnings from past media + tech hype cycles, what can be learned and applied to the current excitement surrounding Gen AI, and how he’s adapting his last Immersive content to these tools.

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Check out our AI courses at https://www.curiousrefuge.com

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Welcome to this week's episode of the AI Film News podcast. As you probably know, it has been a crazy week in the world of AI News. We are superrrr excited to chat about some things that have been going on recently.

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