Jon Snoddy, CEO at Operative Games | Live from HumanX 2026
About this episode
Jon Snoddy discusses the intersection of AI and storytelling at HumanX 2026.
Send us Fan Mail Jon Snoddy is the CEO of Operative Games and a veteran storyteller with a career spanning NPR, Lucasfilm, Disney Imagineering and a co-venture with Spielberg and Sega. Recorded live from the floor of HumanX 2026, this lightning round explores what happens when you combine Disney-level character craft with large language models to create a completely new kind of interactive storytelling. Jon and host Dan Turchin dig into how Operative builds AI-powered characters that feel emo...
People in this episode
Host: Dan Turchin
Guest: Jon Snoddy
Topics covered
- AI in storytelling
- interactive storytelling
- character development
- technology in entertainment
- business innovation
Keywords
- AI-powered characters
- interactive storytelling
- Disney
- large language models
- Operative Games
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Organizations: Operative Games, NPR, Lucasfilm, Disney Imagineering, Spielberg, Sega
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