On a rainy and windy afternoon last November at Seattle Center, I walked into a darkened

studio and saw a film crew huddled around a miniature set, manipulating action figures

representing software developers and a monster representing AI Slop.

This is different, I thought to myself.

They were creating a stop motion animation video to promote Kiro,

an AI-powered software development tool from Amazon Web Services.

And when I heard that this film crew was in fact using AI to make video in ways that wouldn't have been possible in the past,

or at least would have taken far more time using traditional techniques, I knew I had to sit down and talk with them.

I'm Geekwire co-founder Todd Bishop.

My colleague John Cook is traveling this week, so I took

the opportunity to step away from the news for a deep dive into the world of AI and video

production, what's working, what's not, and what's left for human creativity and intuition. As you'll hear, I had so many questions and found it so fascinating that this show is a little

longer than usual, but it contains tons of insights into the broader development of AI and its

application of the creative process.

And I know many of you will find it valuable too.

Plus, stick around to the end for what I think might be my favorite installment yet of

the Geekwire Trivia Challenge.

All that's coming up this week on the Geekwire podcast.

Bryce Budkekekekekekekeke and Zeke Earle run two Seattle video and creative production studios,

Shep, which does narrative commercials and customer stories for companies like Amazon and Microsoft and many others, and Packrat, which specializes in miniature worlds and handmade sets and retro creative projects that have proven extremely popular online.

In fact, some of you might know the work of Packrat from the amazing, I got to say, it's truly amazing, you guys.

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