Human creativity and AI: Catching up with Chris Pirillo
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GeekWire
4.8 • 127 Ratings
🗓️ 16 September 2023
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Chris Pirillo is an entrepreneur, creator, event organizer, and online community leader who has been a guide to the world of tech for everyday users since the early days of the web.
On this episode of the GeekWire Podcast, we catch up with Chris about his latest project, CreatorTech.net, an email newsletter and monthly meetup focused on the intersection of creativity and artificial intelligence. The next CreatorTech meetup is scheduled for Monday, Sept. 25, at the Microsoft Reactor in Redmond.
We also discuss some of the latest AI and tech tools that Chris has been finding useful, and hear his take on corporate return-to-office mandates — spoiler alert, he's not a fan!
- Chris Pirillo on the new iPhone 15, and the edited take discussed on the show.
- The latest CreatorTech email with a list of 25 AI tools to check out.
- Our last GeekWire Podcast/Radio conversation with Chris in June 2013.
With GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop. Edited by Curt Milton.
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| 0:00.0 | I feel like even though we've had quote unquote AI for a number of years, whether you call |
| 0:05.1 | it pattern recognition or what is it, AGI, where is that the TLA? |
| 0:11.0 | Artificial General Intelligence, that's right. |
| 0:13.0 | All right, I got that right. |
| 0:15.0 | So I sometimes feel like I'm not even AGI. |
| 0:19.0 | Is that, I'm still, I guess I'm OGI. |
| 0:23.1 | OGI. |
| 0:23.6 | Organic. |
| 0:24.6 | That's good. |
| 0:25.6 | Whoa, that's good. |
| 0:26.6 | Did you just coin that? |
| 0:27.6 | OGI. |
| 0:28.6 | That's perfect. |
| 0:29.6 | I might have. |
| 0:30.6 | You inserted the coin and it's not game over. |
| 0:32.6 | So. |
| 0:42.5 | Welcome to Geekwire. I'm Todd Bishop. We are coming to you from Seattle, where we get to report each day on what's happening around us in business, technology, and innovation. What happens |
| 0:47.5 | here matters everywhere. And every week on this show, we talk about some of the most interesting |
| 0:51.2 | stories and trends in the news. This week, AI and the future of creativity. |
| 0:57.9 | I'm talking with Chris Perillo, an entrepreneur and creator himself, known for Locker |
| 1:03.3 | Gnome and Gnome Decks over the years, who is now the instigator of something new called |
| 1:08.4 | creator tech.net. |
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