Reshaping Workflows with Dell Pro Precision and NVIDIA RTX PRO GPUs

Episode: Live from GTC—Trinity with will.i.am
Host: Logan Lawler
Guest: will.i.am (musician, entrepreneur, innovator)
Date: March 17, 2026

Episode Overview

Theme:
This special GTC 2026 episode centers on the intersection of AI, creativity, and real-world workflow transformation, as told through the story of the Trinity, will.i.am’s innovative single-passenger vehicle. Host Logan Lawler and will.i.am explore how Dell Precision workstations and NVIDIA RTX GPUs are powering next-generation collaborations between humans and machines, particularly in sectors like robotics, music, and urban mobility. The conversation reveals how AI is not just automating tasks, but empowering new forms of imagination, collaboration, and social impact.

Key Discussion Highlights

The Birth of Trinity: Fusing Community, Robotics, and AI

• [01:48] will.i.am introduces the Trinity, the sixth vehicle he’s designed—but the first intended as a scalable fleet.
  • Purpose: Create a robotics and AI education hub within his own community, using the vehicle manufacturing and assembly facility as a platform for STEM upskilling.
  • Specs:
    • Three-wheeler, zero to sixty in under two seconds
    • 800 horsepower, 2,000 pounds, single passenger
    • Built for urban congestion reduction and delivery safety
  • "If you think about all the folks that are delivering small packages in four seater cars ... the driver that's on a bike or a motorcycle is safer in a Trinity than they would be on a vehicle." —will.i.am [02:40]
  • Embedded with NVIDIA’s DGX GPU, serving as the “brain on wheels” with conversational, agentic compute.

AI as a Creative Augmentation Tool

• [03:38] Logan asks how AI has helped or hindered will.i.am’s creativity.
  • will.i.am’s philosophy: AI shouldn’t just repeat yesterday’s methods, but should enable the imagination of things that haven’t existed.
  • "[AI] could do exactly what I did yesterday. Eventually it will be able to do that without me. But I like to use my imagination and imagine and create things that haven't existed yet ... AI is a great tool to imagine the thing that hasn't been brought to society yet." —will.i.am [04:02]
• Music as a Use Case:
  • AI is used for “quick sketches,” but human collaboration and completion are essential for the final product.
  • “AI making music on its own is awesome, but in this case ... I want to make music myself after I heard a sketch." —will.i.am [05:18]

Trinity as a Workflow Revolution

• [05:18] Trinity isn’t just for transportation—it’s a node in your workflow:
  • Functions as a remote, secure, high-powered GPU workstation even when parked; can serve as a compute hub for your home, apartment, or workspace.
  • "My Trinity is the GPU for my apartment house or condo. It's not just ... in the driveway, sitting there." —will.i.am [05:55]
  • Locally-anchored inference for privacy and speed, with cloud integration as needed.
  • Data and conversations secured with "elliptical curve cryptography keys." [06:35]

Rethinking the In-Car Experience: Conversational AI

• [07:14] The Trinity’s AI assistant isn’t just a personal companion—it’s a collaborative agent:
  • Natural-language conversations, similar to GPT but more extensible.
  • Enables group collaboration: “It’s not just me isolated with an AI, it’s me, my AI and the folks that I work with ... having the agent go on my behalf and talk to my team on VoIP calls while I'm talking to it, still in the vehicle.” —will.i.am [07:33]

Social Impact: Broadening Access to STEM and AI

• [08:12] Logan asks about will.i.am’s educational mission.
  • The Trinity and related projects exemplify “lead by example” to communities often excluded from tech solutions.
  • Aims:
    • Inspire students in marginalized areas toward agentic technology and robotics
    • Model the possibilities of interdisciplinary collaboration
    • Address job creation and digital literacy
  • "AI is rendering a lot of jobs obsolete. AI is going to bring a lot of jobs and industries to society that we have yet to see. Those jobs are going to come from where? ... I hope that they come from the communities that reflect the ones that I come from." —will.i.am [09:30]

Memorable Quotes

• On Imagination:
  "I like to use my imagination and imagine and create things that haven't existed yet." —will.i.am [04:06]

• On Vehicle-as-Workstation:
  "My Trinity is the GPU for my apartment house or condo. It's not just ... in the driveway." —will.i.am [05:55]

• On Educational Mission:
  "The ambition to go to market with the Trinity, you want to lead by example on what people are capable of doing." —will.i.am [08:22]

• On AI and Social Mobility:
  "I hope that [future AI jobs] come from the communities that reflect the ones that I come from. The Boyle Heights of the world, the Comptons of the world, the Fifth Ward, the Bronx of the world." —will.i.am [09:36]

Timestamps for Key Segments

• [01:48] Trinity’s origin, specs, and community mission
• [04:02–05:18] AI as a creative partner in music & design
• [05:19–06:54] Trinity revolutionizing workflows; vehicle as GPU node
• [07:14–07:55] Conversational AI and collaborative workflow use cases
• [08:12–10:03] Education, job creation, and inspiring underrepresented communities

Tone & Atmosphere

• Logan Lawler: Enthusiastic, curious, occasionally starstruck but genuinely focused on exploring tech’s applications.
• will.i.am: Visionary, passionate about social impact, hands-on technologist with a drive to democratize access to AI and robotics.

This episode is an inspiring look at how cutting-edge hardware, visionary creativity, and social purpose intersect to power the future of work—and who gets to participate in it.