Generative AI tools go beyond Q&A with ChatGPT. Major brands like Adobe, Shutterstock, and Canva are joining the ranks of labs like Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, and Deep Agency to revolutionize how everyday people can bring their ideas to life in illustration, 3D worlds, video, and music. Education is also confronted by the possibilities and risks of generative AI tools for research assistance, writing support, and more. How do we think through the impact of entire creative and education domains suddenly undergoing an explosion of content? And what will our culture value most about education and art as these fields transform?
Join Create Labs Founder (and OpenAI Ambassador) Abran Maldonado and Cyborg Anthropologist/Digital Fluency expert MJ Petroni for a colorful discussion on what we need to learn and unlearn in the AI age.
Learn about key tools disrupting education and art fields
Try on new mental models for thinking about generative AI
Explore new interpretations of familiar concepts 'creativity,' 'art,' and 'learning'
See tangible examples of generative AI tools and their outputs—including those you can explore now
Prepare yourself and your colleagues with 'what' and 'now what' discussion prompts you can apply immediately
Abran Maldonado
Abran is the cofounder of Create Labs, an AI developer, prompt engineer, and an Ambassador for OpenAI. Create Labs is a Black- and Brown-founded startup and a leading disruptor in generative AI and metaverse design, bringing culture & innovation to life with authentic, AI-powered, immersive experiences. Abran is one of the leading experts in (and alpha tester of) cutting-edge AI technologies such as ChatGPT, GPT-3, Codex, DALL•E 2, and other GAbran on LinkedInANs. He is also the creator of C.L.Ai.R.A. an autonomous AI woman of color and other intelligent virtual humans. He also manages Verizon's Innovative Learning initiative, expanding 5G VR/AR edtech solutions to schools nationwide.
MJ Petroni
MJ specializes in helping others understand the mental models necessary to navigate digital opportunities. A cyborg anthropologist (!), MJ helps us see not just how we shape technologies but how they are re-shaping us.
They help organizations increase their Digital Fluency in preparation for future technologies, attending not just to tools but also the thinking, skills, data, and business models which comprise new value creation.
The author of Causeit's digitalfluency.guide, MJ's work focuses on raising the lowest common denominator of Digital Fluency for individuals, teams, and entire organizations. Since founding Causeit, Inc. in 2006, MJ has shifted thinking for hundreds of global enterprises, including NTT, Accenture, Volkswagen, the Gates Foundation, SWIFT, and several major financial and media companies, raising Digital Fluency among hundreds of thousands of professionals.
MJ sits on the Accenture Tech Vision Advisory Board and is a faculty member at Singularity University.