Culture & Code

Can AI actually be creative or is it human beings who are hallucinating? We examine how AI is transforming music, art, and more – while learning some science about the heart of the storyteller.

We speak with Ian Beacraft, the CEO and Chief Futurist at Signal & Cipher out of Chicago. Ian is an internationally recognized expert in synthetic media and its impact on across industries, not just media & entertainment. Ian provides an overview of synthetic media, why it burst upon the scene, the categories and who's using it. We also explore the impact of AI-powered content creation with Ian Beacraft. Synthetic media offers new opportunities for non-specialists to express their ideas in ways they never imagined. And like all powerful technologies, synthetic media is bound to be misunderstood and even misapplied until people focus on use cases that truly make sense.

We're talking with writer and creator Kent Morita about his new interactive short film A Moment In Manzanar. Investigating the experiences of Japanese Americans during World War II, A Moment In Manzanar took advantage of new generative AI technology to bring the characters into an interactive capacity.