Thursday night. A gallery in Toronto. Three people making the case that creativity and technology aren't in conflict; they're in conversation.
CTRL+SHIFT Vol. 11
@julia.grzeskowiak opened with a question that reframed the entire night: if form shapes meaning, what happens to meaning when AI changes the form? The Kiki-Bouba experiment and her description of the mechanics of expression, semiotics and embodiment, resonated deeply with my own exploration of what makes us human, and how that differs from digital computation.
Sahil Lulla and
@sonya_moorjani from Loraverse opened up the conversation on AI and creative IP. How generative tools are actively disrupting copyright law, and why building a distinctive creative system is increasingly the only defensible moat. The stuff that keeps creative directors up at night.
@blapcode created live art using a depth camera, local computer vision models, and custom data pipelines. My PM-brain translation. What landed harder was his framing: AI is not a monolith. Its jagged frontier means it behaves differently across contexts by virtue of its probabilistic nature. That distinction matters enormously for anyone deploying it seriously.
What I really liked about this event is that it felt truly experiential. From interacting with a live computer vision system to the venue itself, the gallery showcased captivating art, creating a space genuinely conducive to inspiring creative conversations.
These conversations don't happen enough. The gap between what AI can do and what humans understand about it is still wide. Nights like this narrow it a little.
Shoutout to the hosts (Josh, Amy, Sia, Maggie) for putting together yet another inspiring and fun event!
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