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Artificial Breakdown
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Artificial Breakdown is the AI podcast for the curious, the cautious and the creative. Join our down-to-earth host Pete + guests, as they navigate the vast landscape of artificial intelligence from marketing to ethics to knock-knock jokes. We're all on this wild ride together. Listen in and learn a thing or two, laugh a time or two, and maybe reduce your AI anxiety a notch or two. Subscribe for new episodes and stay informed about the wild, wild world of AI.
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10. Finding Venture Capital | Jenny McLean + Darren Engels
Jul 16, 202500:31:16Tap to summarizeWelcome to Artificial Breakdown's first episode from our incredible weekend at Inventures 2025! Pete and Carrie sit down with Jenny McLean and Darren Engels from Tailwind Ventures, based right here in Calgary. Learn about how AI is changing what venture capitalists are looking for, and also how it's changing how they're doing their job. Here's a hint: Jenny and Darren's vast expertise isn't easily replaced. Keep an eye out for a whopping 5 more episodes from guests at this year's Inventures conference. *Note: Audio quality may be lower than normal due to the nature of live recording.Music: Music from Uppbeat:Title: Make It HappenArtist: All Good FolksLicense code: 6BVFZAHAWVMGPFRESend us Fan Mail
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9. From Art to AI | Owen Brierley
Jun 6, 202500:47:21Tap to summarizeOwen Brierley, Doctor of Computational Media Design and Course Leader for Creative Industries at the University of Kingston, joins Carrie “Artists in tech are my Roman Empire” Robinson and Pete “There are storylines in games?” Bishop to artfully discuss the conversation about how artists are using AI and what that means for everything from how ChatGPT talks to you to how NPCs could evolve in your next favourite game. Put down your copy of Macbeth and join us for a chat about one artist’s evolution into tech and why Owen is calling from the UK. Guests: Owen BrierleyHosts: Carrie Robinson, Pete BishopProducer: Pete BishopMusic: Music from Uppbeat:Title: Make It HappenArtist: All Good FolksLicense code: 6BVFZAHAWVMGPFRESend us Fan Mail
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8. The Future of Fashion | Courtney Kos
May 14, 202500:38:55Tap to summarizeCarrie “are skinny jeans back in yet?” Robinson and Pete “my capsule wardrobe is for space travel” Bishop are joined by the future-forward Courtney Kos, co-founder of Prévoir.ai, creating data-driven fashion collections—and reducing waste as she goes. Courtney takes us behind the scenes of how she’s sewing AI into the world of fashion, reducing textile waste and forecasting trends in an industry that's all about staying one step ahead.Slip on your most stylish thinking cap (or just your comfiest hoodie) and join us for a conversation that's part tech talk, part style talk and 100% the hosts having no idea what’s fashionable right now other than AI. Guests: Courtney KosHosts: Carrie Robinson, Pete BishopProducer: Pete BishopMusic: Music from UppbeatTitle: Make It HappenArtist: All Good FolksLicense code: 6BVFZAHAWVMGPFRESend us Fan Mail
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7. Music Industry Ethics | James O’Brien
Mar 31, 202500:49:48Tap to summarizeAI is coming for the music industry—because what it needs right now is more controversy over who owns what. Carrie and Pete sit down with James O’Brien, Co-CEO of Sound Ethics to talk about AI’s role in music: can AI and artists coexist, or are we about to see the world’s weirdest battle of the bands? Tune in for some hot takes, ethical debates and what musicians can do to move forward in the era of AI on today’s episode of Artificial Breakdown.https://www.soundethics.org/ Guests: James O’BrienHosts: Carrie Robinson, Pete BishopProducer: Pete BishopMusic: Music from Uppbeat:Title: Make It HappenArtist: All Good FolksLicense code: 6BVFZAHAWVMGPFRESend us Fan Mail
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6. Learning Through Play | Mike + Sami
Feb 24, 202500:45:52Tap to summarizeIs there room for frivolity in the world of AI literacy? We freaking hope so. Carrie and Pete chat with Mike Jacobson and Sami Kriegstein Jacobson from itwritesitself.ai (and about 100 other awesome projects) to talk about the role that play has when learning new tools. Share a few laughs and a few insights on today’s episode of Artificial Breakdown.Music: Music from Uppbeat:Title: Make It HappenArtist: All Good FolksLicense code: 6BVFZAHAWVMGPFRESend us Fan Mail
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