Huge 🙌 to Jeff Wilser for an encore anniversary feature + another insightful conversation with our co-founders John + Luisa on his AI-Curious podcast... 🙌 for shining a light on how we're using #AI to unlock opportunities for new storytellers + launch digital-native original IP... You can listen on Apple, Spotify + YT... https://lnkd.in/ggfSxZ4Z https://lnkd.in/gkEATKJJ https://lnkd.in/g3JeMKKZ Stay toon'd, more to come...👊
Exactly one year ago I launched my podcast, “AI-Curious,” by speaking with two of the most innovative producers in Hollywood: John Attanasio and Luisa Huang, cofounders of Toonstar. (They use AI to create animation at warp-speed...and it's working.) Since then I’ve interviewed countless (okay, 52) thought leaders in the AI space: CEOs, futurists, skeptics, philosophers, artists, neuroscientists, inventors, and on and on. For the one-year anniversary? No better way to celebrate than a follow-up conversation with John and Luisa, who have been *very* busy in the past year. Toonstar's breakout animated series, "StEvEn & Parker," (created by Parker James), generates 30 million weekly views on YouTube. For context, this is bigger than The Simpsons. They use AI to make the magic happen. Without AI, this content —at this speed and at this scale—wouldn’t be possible. This empowers creators. This expands the pie, not shrinks it. There’s a lot of doom and gloom about AI in Hollywood — and much of it is understandable, rational, and justified. But there’s also cause for optimism. Toonstar is one of my favorite case studies of how AI can be wielded for good. It was a blast catching up with John and Luisa -- link to full episode in the comments. Enjoy!