THE GRAIN: AI vs. Creativity

Creative professionals, including those of us in media, have become accustomed to hearing that our jobs may soon be replaced by artificial intelligence.Ronit Novak’s new podcast THE GRAIN is encouraging honest conversations in the creative community—from filmmakers to those in advertising, design and photography – about the impact of AI on their careers.She joins this episode of Broadcast Dialogue—The Podcast from Made Human Studios in Toronto’s Little Jamaica to talk about why creatives need to start talking openly about AI and the future of creativity. Get full a...

Listen now to THE GRAIN with Ronit Novak, as I continue my series of podcast probes into the pleasure and peril of AI and the future of creativity—recorded at Made Human Studios in the Little Jamaica neighbourhood of Toronto, Canada.Links to some stuff we talk about…* Una Janićijević’s art and design website [unaart.com]She engages with collaborators and communities to tell compelling stories and champion underrepresented narratives* How the sparkles emoji became the symbol of our AI future [Wall Street Journal]“From a design perspective, the sparkle in...

Listen now to THE GRAIN with Ronit Novak, as I continue my series of podcast probes into the pleasure and peril of AI and the future of creativity—recorded at Made Human Studios in the Little Jamaica neighbourhood of Toronto, Canada.Links to some stuff we talk about…* Sora: First Impressions with the debut of ‘Air Head’ by Shy Kids [OpenAI]”What excites us is its ability to make things that are totally surreal. A new era of abstract expressionism”* What Sora AI-generated videos look like combined with real-world actors and locations [No Film School...

Listen now to THE GRAIN with Ronit Novak, as I build my series of podcast probes into the pleasure and peril of AI and the future of creativity—recorded at Made Human Studios in the Little Jamaica neighbourhood of Toronto, Canada.Links to some stuff we talk about…* Ian Mackenzie takes creative reins at McCann Worldgroup [Campaign Canada]Mackenzie oversees all creative work for the network’s creative operations in Canada—and serves as McCann’s global AI creative lead* How the ad industry Is making AI images look less like AI [Wall Street Jou...

THE GRAIN host Ronit Novak talks photography with Boris Eldagsen and Miles Astray, two international image artists whose recent contest pranks sparked debate on what makes a photograph real. Get full access to THE GRAIN with Ronit Novak at thegrainai.substack.com/subscribe

Check out the fresh trailer ahead of the first four weekly episodes starting October 8. And stay subscribed to THE GRAIN on Substack (and beyond!) for discourse about the pleasure and peril of AI and the future of creativity.Read the press release with details on upcoming episodes.I'm Ronit Novak. I'm an art director and photo editor. I'm a mentor, a teacher, a writer, and I'm a public speaker. Just like you, I've been increasingly curious about the conversations surrounding creativity and artificial intelligence.I wonder about the impact it will have on...