Kenric McDowell "The Right Kind of AI"

Summary: <p>What can artists, musicians, magical thinkers and "weirdos" bring to machine learning and neural networks? What do we need to make the <em>right</em> kind of AI? Exploring these questions and more is Kenric McDowell, leader of <a href="https://ami.withgoogle.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Google’s Artists and Machine Intelligence</a> program. In this conversation with Douglas, Kenric explains how his unique role at Google enables him to bring the artistic spirit into the very heart of technology development. Moving beyond the hype of AI, Kenric shares strategies for leading technology with human imagination rather than the other way around.</p><p>Douglas opens today’s show addressing the myth of social media; the notion that <em>you</em> matter. Facebook doesn’t care about you, and it’s time to leave it behind. Every minute spent off Facebook is a minute you can spend with the <em>others</em>! Go find them.</p><p>Our intro and outro music is thanks to <a href="http://fugazi.bandcamp.com/track/foremans-dog" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dischord Records and Fugazi</a>. A special thanks to Kenric for sharing his own original music featured at the mid-roll. Visit <a href="http://thebiggestphone.com/km/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://thebiggestphone.com</a> to hear more. Kenric also provided us with the audio clip from a forthcoming documentary on the Word Car project. Read about it <a href="https://medium.com/artists-and-machine-intelligence/ai-poetry-hits-the-road-eb685dfc1544" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>!</p><p>Stay tuned for Team Human live events in New York and beyond. Become a subscriber at <a href="https://www.patreon.com/teamhuman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patreon</a> for special access and the latest news.</p><br><hr><p style="color:grey;font-size:0.75em;"> See <a style="color:grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>