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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. I launched the Veo and Gemini Omni video models and the Flow filmmaking tool, and was Technical Director on ANCESTRA, which premiered at Tribeca.

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Why Literacy Alone Won't Solve Canada's AI Problem

Canada's new National AI Literacy Initiative is a promising step, but education alone won't close our adoption gap. To build trust and drive real adoption, Canadians must move beyond learning about AI to discovering how it is uniquely valuable to them.

Why don’t Canadians use AI?

Canada sits near the bottom of international AI adoption rankings despite pioneering modern AI. Exploring the social stigma, intimidation factor, imposter syndrome, and systemic barriers holding Canadians back—and how to overcome them.

What role should we hire an AI for?

Thinking of AI as a tool or a collaborator is a false dichotomy. The right question is: what role should you hire an AI for? A framework for mapping AI's agency and authority in the creative process.

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

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.

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Theatre & Improv #

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.