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EPISODE · Jun 23, 2025 · 32 MIN

016: Deep Dive with Jessie Hughes: You Should be Using AI to Enhance Your Creative Work

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In this episode we talk to Jessie Hughes, Senior Creative Technologist at Leonardo.Ai. Jessie is an internationally-recognised new media artist, technologist, scholar and screenwriter, her works having exhibited most notably at Sundance, SXSW, Cannes and the Tate Modern. In her role at Leonardo.Ai, she has been instrumental in leading global education, evangelism, community engagement, and industry-wide adoption for one of the world’s fastest-growing generative AI platforms. Jessie talks about the ways generative AI can play a role in the future of the screen industry, and why she’s particularly excited for emerging creatives and the Australian screen industry.Listen to this episode if you are interested in:The ways generative AI is being used on current productionsWhy Australia is leading the way with AI from a technology perspectiveHow creative experience is the key to creating great AI contentWhy collaboration still leads to better outcomesThe ways democratisation of creativity allows more diverse voices to be heardWhat you should do if you want to upskill with AI toolsBonus: Pair this episode with an AI Cheat Sheet put together by Scott Dickson from Bold Digital Media.The cheat sheet is a look at a variety of AI tools that may help speed up tasks, reduce costs, and unlock new creative possibilities across different points of the production process.https://www.bolddigitalmedia.com.au/aitoolspdf Scott Dickson works with creative teams to explore practical ways AI tools can support production workflows without giving up any creativity.Follow his work:www.linkedin.com/in/thatscottdicksonbolddigitalmedia.com.au Follow Jessie and her work:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessie-hughes-050138b1Leonardo.ai: https://leonardo.ai/Announcement: Google’s Veo 3 on Leonardo.AiLeonardo.Ai Training:Leonardo LearnCreating Detailed Concept Designs for PresentationsCreating Cinematic Storyboards with AICreating Concept Art and Posters for Your Film⁠How to Ideate with Flow State⁠⁠How to Use Flow State⁠Other Links & Presentations:Top 50 Women in AI: Leonardo.Ai News | Forbes ArticleLeonardo.Ai at AWS Sydney SummitLeonardo.Ai at Canva Create 2025Meta Festival 2025 — Jessie Hughes, Leonardo.AiEmerging Media Programming AI Toolkit Series: Leonardo.aiFlow Issue No 01: Agency Storyboarding & Development Edition Spill Issue No. 01: Advertising & Marketing EditionLeonardo 104: Transform Your Business with Leonardo for TeamsThis Deep Dive interview is hosted by ⁠⁠Julie Eckersley⁠⁠⁠, and proudly brought to you by ⁠⁠CrewHQ⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠Expanding Media⁠⁠.If you’re enjoying the podcast, please leave a rating on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, and we’d love you to forward this episode to a friend!

In this episode we talk to Jessie Hughes, Senior Creative Technologist at Leonardo.Ai. Jessie is an internationally-recognised new media artist, technologist, scholar and screenwriter, her works having exhibited most notably at Sundance, SXSW, Cannes and the Tate Modern. In her role at Leonardo.Ai, she has been instrumental in leading global education, evangelism, community engagement, and industry-wide adoption for one of the world’s fastest-growing generative AI platforms. Jessie talks about the ways generative AI can play a role in the future of the screen industry, and why she’s particularly excited for emerging creatives and the Australian screen industry.Listen to this episode if you are interested in:The ways generative AI is being used on current productionsWhy Australia is leading the way with AI from a technology perspectiveHow creative experience is the key to creating great AI contentWhy collaboration still leads to better outcomesThe ways democratisation of creativity allows more diverse voices to be heardWhat you should do if you want to upskill with AI toolsBonus: Pair this episode with an AI Cheat Sheet put together by Scott Dickson from Bold Digital Media.The cheat sheet is a look at a variety of AI tools that may help speed up tasks, reduce costs, and unlock new creative possibilities across different points of the production process.https://www.bolddigitalmedia.com.au/aitoolspdf Scott Dickson works with creative teams to explore practical ways AI tools can support production workflows without giving up any creativity.Follow his work:www.linkedin.com/in/thatscottdicksonbolddigitalmedia.com.au Follow Jessie and her work:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessie-hughes-050138b1Leonardo.ai: https://leonardo.ai/Announcement: Google’s Veo 3 on Leonardo.AiLeonardo.Ai Training:Leonardo LearnCreating Detailed Concept Designs for PresentationsCreating Cinematic Storyboards with AICreating Concept Art and Posters for Your Film⁠How to Ideate with Flow State⁠⁠How to Use Flow State⁠Other Links & Presentations:Top 50 Women in AI: Leonardo.Ai News | Forbes ArticleLeonardo.Ai at AWS Sydney SummitLeonardo.Ai at Canva Create 2025Meta Festival 2025 — Jessie Hughes, Leonardo.AiEmerging Media Programming AI Toolkit Series: Leonardo.aiFlow Issue No 01: Agency Storyboarding & Development Edition Spill Issue No. 01: Advertising & Marketing EditionLeonardo 104: Transform Your Business with Leonardo for TeamsThis Deep Dive interview is hosted by ⁠⁠Julie Eckersley⁠⁠⁠, and proudly brought to you by ⁠⁠CrewHQ⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠Expanding Media⁠⁠.If you’re enjoying the podcast, please leave a rating on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, and we’d love you to forward this episode to a friend!

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