Join me tomorrow for the Make Work That Matters workshop! In this one-hour Zoom session, we'll explore how to create work that makes an impact. I'll share key ideas, we'll do some exercises to put them into practice, and we'll learn from each other through discussion. By the end of the session, you'll leave with fresh energy and a clearer sense of how to make work that matters. This session is…
The Pitt is a trashy-but-great medical drama that, surprisingly, has a lot to teach us about finding meaning in our work and lives. If you want to take the next step, register for my FREE Make Work That Matters workshop. Together, we’ll explore how to find and create meaning in your work. September 17, 2025 11:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM ET / 7:00 PM BST Live via Zoom — spots are limited. Transcript The…
What do we make when we can make anything? Meaning. In my last video, Infinite Remix, I asked: “What should we make, when we can make anything?” The answer is: we make work that matters. Making work that matters means that your work has meaning. Sounds straightforward. Except, like… what is meaning? The writer Emily Esfahani Smith identifies four pillars of meaning: Purpose Belonging Storytelling…
Infinite Remix: What happens when AI starts to create?
Like many of you, I'm a media creature. Growing up in a rural area, I found my teachers in albums, films, and books that somehow made their way to me. They were transmissions from other worlds, other ways of thinking. They fundamentally shaped who I became. And I’m still that kid, always searching for something real, something that reveals one of life’s secrets. Now I watch AI-generated content…
If you didn't make it yourself, can you really call it your own? In this latest episode of Dream Logic, Karin talks about how working with AI feels like a wrestling match, a constant push and pull, a struggle to coax something fresh and original out of a system that wants to create the common. In this new episode of Dream Logic, we explore what this metaphorical grappling with generative AI feels…
Like most other creative people, I don’t feel fantastic about AI art. I don’t know what it will do to the marketplace. I don’t know what it will do to creative expression. I’m concerned about the rising tide of slop. And I’m truly worried about the vortex of highly believable bullshit it will unleash. But I also know this: generative AI is here to stay. Powerful technologies don't just disappear.…
Dream Logic: Exploring the horizons of creative work This is something different from me. A collaboration with my pal Karin Fyhrie, an attempt to do something different and hopefully beautiful in collaboration with AI. It’s the start of a conversation: musings, artist interviews, and long looks into the strange, evolving landscape of new creative tools. In this episode, Karin reflects on the…
My official assessment of AI image generators has always been this: they’re impressive and fun, but not ready for real creative work. You could maybe get something usable occasionally, but overall, DALL-E, Midjourney, and the rest were toys, not tools. OpenAI’s 4o image generation (formerly DALL-E) is the first AI image generation that is a genuine tool. Gotta say, I’m shocked. I didn’t expect to…
The Wind Rises (2013) The four seconds of film above is the result of fifteen months of painstaking animation by a single artist under Hayao Miyazaki’s watchful eye. And this image, created in the same style, was likely made in less than a minute. Created by Grant Slatton and GPT-4o This image was followed by untold thousands of memes emulating the same illustrated look, and even a full trailer…
Central image is totally different, but everything around that is taken from The Sting poster. In my opinion, it copies too much from one place.
2D Akira vs 3D Holly The uncanny valley is the sensation of unease we feel when a human character looks close to but not quite human. For example, the character of Akira, is not realistic at all. We easily connect with this character and relate. No uncanny valley. The character of Holly from The Polar Express looks more like a real person, but is not relatable. She feels strange and ghost-like.…
Stephen Root in Office Space My big struggle with using AI for creative work has been this: how do we harness the benefits of AI, while preserving our souls and not churning out slop? How do we maintain our humanity in an era with more and more AI-generated content? These are complex questions we’ll all be grappling with for years to come, but here’s an insight that has helped me: always remember…
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#1: ChatGPT (and LLMs) Welcome to Part 3 of my rundown of the creative AI that are useful right now. Click here to read Part 1. Click here to read Part 2. The gold standard for creative work is ChatGPT and other LLMS, like the newly released free Chinese chatbot, DeepSeek. Why does text generation perform so well? The text itself is often not directly used, so its blandness doesn’t matter. For…
#2: AI Voice Synthesis Welcome to Part 2 of my rundown of the creative AI that are useful right now. Click here to read Part 1. The dark horse of generative AI is voice generation. In particular, I’m referring to a single platform here, ElevenLabs. AI voice generation lets you enter text, choose a voice, and export narration. It mostly sounds real, but it also sounds generic. ( Generic is a flaw…
Echoes of Grace, a Sora promotional video by OpenAI Generative AI progress has definitely slowed down. But that just means it’s gone from breakneck to merely full-tilt. The most dramatically transformed realm in creative AI is video generation. Sora is the biggest player and has many interesting and unique features. Kling is the best video generator on the market right now. Runway has made good…
All new technologies begin as toys. Cars, cameras, and personal computers were all once gadgets of unclear utility. But truly important technologies eventually cross the threshold from toy to tool. Whenever you start working with an exciting new technology, you first need to know whether it's a toy or a tool. If it’s a toy, you’re not expecting a lot. You’re looking to experiment, learn, and have…
The Software Stack Powering My 2025 Workflow Obsidian is my workhorse 2024 was a year of software consolidation for me. I didn’t add many new apps to my system and I stopped using ones that weren’t providing enough value. The apps below are tried-and-true, I’ve used them all for countless hours. This is my arsenal heading into 2025. Newcomers New-ish tools that have become essential Obsidian (Free…
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