PODCAST: AI & The City—Anthea Foyer
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The episode features a discussion with Anthea Foyer about the intersection of AI, creativity, and public life in Toronto.
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 didn’t really know the City of Toronto had a Creative Technology Office. But mostly because of the way Anthea thinks about creativity, technology, and public life. She talked about embracing the weird, she talked about convening, and she talked about what happens when we stop treating AI as a force that is simply happening to artists and start asking how creative communities might actually help shape what comes next. So, obviously, I invited her onto the podcast. Anthea’s office supports Toronto’s creative technology sectors, including immersive media, video games, esports, and emerging forms of digital entertainment. She is also the city’s focal point for Toronto’s UNESCO City of Media Arts designation and a co-founder of Future Makers, a creative foresight initiative developed with Toronto Metropolitan University’s Creative School. What interested me most was how Anthea and her…
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