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Putting the best AI into the hands of the best creators to tell otherwise impossible stories.

Putting the best AI into the hands of the best creators to tell otherwise impossible stories.

I’m a Staff Research Scientist at Google DeepMind, studying how humans and machines create together.

The Case Against Taste

As AI's Cherry Pick Ratio approaches 1:1, creative judgement stops being a uniquely human skill. What's left is what only humans can offer: finitude, risk, consequence.

Unlock More Creativity

Delegate dull, distracting, and draft work to your digital agent so you can focus your attention on being creative.

Creative Tools On Demand

Using AI to build custom tools and applications that do exactly what you need them to, exactly when you need them.

The Danger of Nothing

In 2014, I wrote a manifesto on improv. A decade later, I realized I'd described some fundamental truths about generative AI. The danger of nothing? Both performers and models must embrace uncertainty, accept and expand, and find gold in chaos.

Examining the Cherry Pick Ratio

Gathering the toughest questions about the Cherry Pick Ratio that I’m grappling with, and my reflections on them

The Cherry Pick Ratio

Generative AI's 'Cherry Pick Ratio' measures how many outputs a user must generate to find a useful result, impacting user tolerance and adoption.

Teaching The Disruption

Early adopters are finding ways to use AI in their learning, research, and teaching. In a few years, everyone on campus will use AI every single day.

The Golem: An Ancient AI Myth?

The Golem is an early conception of artificial intelligence, a man-made creation imbued with life by manipulating code.

37 Questions for my 37th Birthday❓

This year, I'm turning 37. I'm drawn to the idea of deepening connections and exploring the vulnerability that comes with truly getting to know someone.

The Market for Innovation

How do companies transform groundbreaking ideas into tangible products and services that revolutionize industries? The answer lies in understanding the intricate dynamics of the Market for Innovation.

AI Will Fail. That’s A Good Thing.

Embracing and learning from failure is essential to unlock the full potential of generative AI. And through responsible failure, AI will become an extraordinarily capable creative collaborator.

AI and Filmmaking

Generative AI can change filmmaking. It has the potential to augment creative and workflows and creators have the power to shape that change.

Planes, Trains and the AI Research Cycle

As an artificial intelligence researcher, I believe that AI is earlier in the innovation cycle than many consider it to be. If we want to understand the future of AI, we need to understand how research becomes products.

How does art work?

AI is reshaping the artistic process, and raising fascinating questions about the nature of creativity and collaboration. In my latest blog post, I explore how AI is changing the relationship between artists, art, and audience, and what it means for the future of art.

What Is Prompting, Really?

Prompting generative AI models isn’t magic. It’s computer programming. Here’s how to think about writing great prompts.

Portaging: Combining generative AIs

Live performance combining artificial intelligence-based generative models for text and images. Co-creative artists build a shared language and devise a shared narrative together.

Canadian Comedy Award-winning improvisor with Rapid Fire Theatre, Improbotics, and Die Nasty. Created the first AI to perform live improv.

Productions: Improvised TED Talks (with Julian Faid) • The Professors & Plays by Bots (with Joe Vanderhelm) • Improbotics & HumanMachine (with Piotr Mirowski)

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2018

Launched Improbotics, a theatre lab pioneering performance alongside generative AI.