What’s the ‘Chicken Shop Date’ Creator’s Secret? Creative Control

About this episode

Amelia Dimoldenberg discusses creative control and its importance in the influence-focused internet economy with host Katie.

Amelia Dimoldenberg, host of the megapopular Chicken Shop Date , joins Katie to talk about control. Who has it, who doesn’t and why it matters so much for success in our influence-focused internet economy. They also talk red carpets and the surprising joy of editing. Join WIRED’s best and brightest on Uncanny Valley as they dissect the collision of tech, politics, finance, and business, from Alexis Ohanian’s newest tech venture to the effects of inaccurate information from artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots on social protests. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

People in this episode

Host: Katie

Guest: Amelia Dimoldenberg

Topics covered

• creative control
• influence economy
• editing
• red carpets
• AI chatbots
• social protests

Keywords

• creative control
• influence economy
• editing
• AI chatbots
• social protests
• Chicken Shop Date
• red carpets

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: WIRED, Chicken Shop Date

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