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THE GRAIN: AI vs. Creativity
Ronit Novak talks artificial intelligence in media, marketing, movies, music and more. thegrainai.substack.com
Episodes
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PODCAST: AI vs. Chaos—Lisa de Nikolits & Erik Mohr
For the last few years, I’ve been exploring AI and creativity, but the longer I do this, the more I find myself asking a more fundamental question: What is creativity in the first place? Increasingly, I’m interested in what happens before the idea: the mess, mistake, collision or unexpected...
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PODCAST: AI vs. Abundance—Allen Lau
Recently, I moderated a panel at the VRTO Spatial Media Conference about the evolution of value in the age of AI. One of the panelists was Allen Lau, co-founder and former CEO of Wattpad, and now co-founder and Operating Partner at Two Small Fish Ventures. Allen has already lived through an…
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PODCAST: AI & The City—Anthea Foyer
A couple of weeks ago, I moderated a panel at the VRTO Spatial Media Conference at OCAD University about the evolution of value in the age of AI. One of my panelists was Anthea Foyer, who leads the Creative Technology Office at the City of Toronto. I found her ideas fascinating. Partly because I...
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PODCAST: AI vs. Strategy—Joe Castaldo
Recently, the federal government released its new national AI strategy, AI for All. I downloaded it, printed all the pages, and sat down with a highlighter. What interested me wasn’t just the policy itself. It was the story Canada is trying to tell about AI. The strategy is built around words…
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PODCAST: AI vs. Inspiration—Marian Bantjes
Generative AI has made a lot of creatives nervous, not just about jobs, but about individual expression. Marian Bantjes isn’t new to this kind of disruption. As an artist, illustrator, designer, and writer, her work has always pushed against polish, taste, and convention. If you know her book I...
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PODCAST: AI vs. Photography—Heather Morton and Rob Haggart
The photo industry has been running on gut feelings for years. Heather Morton and Rob Haggart brought receipts. They’re the team behind the new State of the Photo Industry Survey, a rare, data-driven look at how photographers are actually making a living, right now. Heather is a professor in the...
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PODCAST: AI vs. Freedom of Information—Ian Krietzberg
Ian Krietzberg is one of the clearest, most grounded voices covering AI today. As the AI correspondent at Puck, and former editor-in-chief of The Deep View, Ian approaches artificial intelligence the way a great reporter approaches any powerful system: by following the money, interrogating the...
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PODCAST: AI vs. Media—Sarah Thompson
Sarah Thompson is one of the sharpest strategists working in Canadian communications today. The executive managing director at Glassroom started her career wanting to be a journalist, spent years in and around newsrooms, and now works at the intersection of advertising, media investment and...
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PODCAST: AI vs. Dreams—Dr. Maya Ackerman
Season 3 of THE GRAIN Podcast kicks off with world-renowned AI researcher and generative AI pioneer Dr. Maya Ackerman. She is the CEO and co-founder of WaveAI, the company behind LyricStudio and MelodyStudio, two groundbreaking tools that use AI to support human creativity, rather than replace…
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PODCAST: AI vs. Your Opinion—Matt Vandrick
Watch full video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/_4lleJyYiag?si=fef5DN-gmDX9l5D-Prefer to listen? You’re already in the right place. The fast fashion industry runs on excess. Too many trends, too much waste, too little accountability. Sajna Massey is trying to change that—with artificial...
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PODCAST: AI vs. Fashion—Sajna Massey
Watch full video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/_4lleJyYiag?si=fef5DN-gmDX9l5D-Prefer to listen? You’re already in the right place. The fast fashion industry runs on excess. Too many trends, too much waste, too little accountability. Sajna Massey is trying to change that—with artificial...
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PODCAST: AI vs. Fear—Lee Towndrow
So much of what’s happening around AI feels like performance. People saying they’ve got it all figured out. Creatives pretending they’re not anxious. But when I saw Lee Towndrow’s post on LinkedIn, where he just came out and said “I’m scared,” it stopped me in my tracks. Lee didn’t pretend. He…
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PODCAST: How can Canada develop AI policy for creatives?
Happy Canada Day! Please enjoy this special video episode of THE GRAIN Podcast, featuring my grains of thought about how Ottawa can build a new creative economy now that Evan Solomon has taken the office of Minister of AI and Digital Innovation. Plus, I introduce THE MEMORY MACHINE, my new AI art...
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PODCAST: AI vs. Bias—Dr. Avriel Epps
Dr. Avriel Epps studies the impact of artificial intelligence on identity, culture, and mental health. An incoming professor at Rutgers University, she has a PhD in Human Development and Education from Harvard. She also wants to help families understand how the systems work through the recent...
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PODCAST: AI vs. School—Megan McKellar and Isabella Liu
Megan McKellar and Isabella Liu, both of whom are certified Apple Distinguished Educators and Google Certified Innovators, visited me at Made Human Studios to talk about implementing AI in education. They outline the benefits and pitfalls of this experience, and explain to THE GRAIN why critical...
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PODCAST: AI vs. The Hustle—King Willonius
“BBL Drizzy” started off as an insult—but it ended up making music history instead. A year ago, when Kendrick Lamar and Drake spurred one of the most high-profile rap beefs of our time, comedian and screenwriter Willonius Hatcher saw an opportunity. He wrote some lyrics, fired up an AI music…
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PODCAST: AI vs. The Algorithm—Ishmil Waterman
In this episode of THE GRAIN Podcast, I sit down with photographer, retoucher and artist Ishmil Waterman to talk about why he welcomes AI, and the value of staying open to change. We explore what it means to let go of ego, how a “tsunami” of individualism is quietly building to break industry...
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PODCAST: AI vs. Effort—Michael Inzlicht
Creativity has always been a through line in my life and career. For my specialized honours thesis in university, I studied the psychology of creativity—how and why artists are compelled to create. What I found is that creatives are problem-solvers. They seek conflict that they can process and...
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PODCAST: AI vs. Ethics—Cindy Pham
Many creatives feel AI models are built on the theft of their work, scraping the internet—using their images, words, and music without consent, credit, or compensation. To them, AI is a runaway train, with tech companies moving fast and breaking things, ignoring laws, governance, and ethics in…
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PODCAST: AI vs. Creative Futurism—Dré Labre
Listen now to THE GRAIN with Ronit Novak, as I launch Season 2 of my podcast probes into the pleasure and peril of AI and the future of creativity—recorded at Made Human Studios in the Little Jamaica neighbourhood of Toronto, Canada. Links to some stuff we talk about… * n-v-r: The Department of...
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PODCAST: AI vs. 2025—My grains of thought
The past year brought a wave of AI news that had major impact on the creative industry. In this roundup episode, it’s me on the mic, giving you my roundup of the biggest news events of 2024 and how they impacted our creative world. Plus, my grains of thought on how these topics will evolve. For...
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PODCAST: AI vs. Meaning—Stephen Marche, Part 2
Click here to catch up on Part 1 of my conversation with Stephen Marche. Listen now to THE GRAIN with Ronit Novak, as I continue my series of podcast probes into the pleasure and peril of AI and the future of creativity—recorded at Made Human Studios in the Little Jamaica neighbourhood of…
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PODCAST: AI vs. Meaning—Stephen Marche, Part 1
Listen now to THE GRAIN with Ronit Novak, as I continue my series of podcast probes into the pleasure and peril of AI and the future of creativity—recorded at Made Human Studios in the Little Jamaica neighbourhood of Toronto, Canada. Links to some stuff we talk about… * Death of an Author.…
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BONUS PODCAST: Ronit Novak on the rise of AI and creator value
Creative professionals, including those of us in media, have become accustomed to hearing that our jobs may soon be replaced by artificial intelligence. Ronit Novak’s new podcast THE GRAIN is encouraging honest conversations in the creative community—from filmmakers to those in advertising…
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PODCAST: AI vs. Design—Una Janićijević on branding and beyond
Listen now to THE GRAIN with Ronit Novak, as I continue my series of podcast probes into the pleasure and peril of AI and the future of creativity—recorded at Made Human Studios in the Little Jamaica neighbourhood of Toronto, Canada. Links to some stuff we talk about… * Una Janićijević’s art and...
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PODCAST: AI vs. Filmmaking—Walter Woodman of Shy Kids
Listen now to THE GRAIN with Ronit Novak, as I continue my series of podcast probes into the pleasure and peril of AI and the future of creativity—recorded at Made Human Studios in the Little Jamaica neighbourhood of Toronto, Canada. Links to some stuff we talk about… * Sora: First Impressions…
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PODCAST: AI vs. Advertising—Ian Mackenzie of McCann Worldgroup
Listen now to THE GRAIN with Ronit Novak, as I build my series of podcast probes into the pleasure and peril of AI and the future of creativity—recorded at Made Human Studios in the Little Jamaica neighbourhood of Toronto, Canada. Links to some stuff we talk about… * Ian Mackenzie takes creative...
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PODCAST: AI vs. Photography—Boris Eldagsen and Miles Astray
THE GRAIN host Ronit Novak talks photography with Boris Eldagsen and Miles Astray, two international image artists whose recent contest pranks sparked debate on what makes a photograph real. Get full access to THE GRAIN with Ronit Novak at thegrainai.substack.com/subscribe
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THE GRAIN with Ronit Novak teaser trailer
Check out the fresh trailer ahead of the first four weekly episodes starting October 8. And stay subscribed to THE GRAIN on Substack (and beyond!) for discourse about the pleasure and peril of AI and the future of creativity.Read the press release with details on upcoming episodes. I'm Ronit…
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Ronit Novak talks artificial intelligence in media, marketing, movies, music and more.
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