Creativity Squared: On Truth & Healing

Dear Creativity Squared Member,

I’ve been teasing about this series, and today it’s here! 

Creativity Squared is proud to support and partner with ArtsWave and to bring you this special three-part series, released every three weeks, featuring the phenomenal artists and grant recipients selected for this year’s ArtsWave Black and Brown Artists Program. Each part includes a podcast episode with vignettes and then accompanying full-length video interviews, which are also available in this YouTube playlist.

Check out Ep13. ArtsWave “Truth & Healing” Part 1 now:

The intention of these interviews is to give these talented and deserving artists another platform to share their art and truth expressed through it, as you never know what ripples will turn into waves. If you’re interested in working with, featuring, or supporting these artists, please don’t be shy about it.

Creativity Squared is a proud partner of ArtsWave and because it’s important to support artists like those featured in today’s episode, 10% of all revenue Creativity Squared generates goes to ArtsWave and directly supports the Black and Brown Artists Program.

This year’s theme is “Truth & Healing” and I had the great honor of interviewing the artists during the opening showcase to learn more about their work and what truth and healing means to them. I’m inspired, humbled, and grateful to share their stories with you.

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• 🎧 More on Episode 13

• 🤯 A.I. + Creativity News Roundup

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Here's to exponential possibilities!

Helen

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Listen: Ep13. ArtsWave “Truth & Healing” Interviews Part 1
Discover what "Truth & Healing" means to these ArtsWave Black and Brown Artists Program grant recipients

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ArtsWave Black and Brown Artists Program grant recipients’ work is in the ArtsWave "Truth & Healing Artist Showcase" exhibition at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, OH, through September 10, 2023. The next episode in this series spotlights the filmmakers whose work will be featured in another run of the showcase’s film festival at the Freedom Center on July 30.

Here are the five artists featured in this episode and their full-length interviews, which are also available in this YouTube playlist.

This year’s Black and Brown Artists Program cohort reflects a vibrant collection of diverse art forms created by an equally diverse group of 18 artists. Their mediums include couture fashion, painting, and sculpture — along with film, musical composition, podcasts, theater, dance, and multidisciplinary works.

The projects not only represent the African American experience, but also the experiences of those with Mexican, Lebanese, Somali, Argentinian, Zimbabwean, Guatemalan, and Indigenous heritage.

Listen to the podcast episode and help spread the word by liking, reviewing, and sharing it.

Your A.I. + Creativity News Roundup

With all of the A.I. news flooding our feeds and screens, we’ve got you covered. News to check out includes:

• Custom Instructions for ChatGPT OpenAI — OpenAI has introduced a new feature for ChatGPT that allows users to customize its behavior through custom instructions. With this update, users can easily define specific guidelines to tailor the A.I.'s responses for a more personalized and controlled conversational experience.

• Meta, Google, and OpenAI Promise the White House They’ll Develop AI Responsibly The Verge — Tech giants will meet with the White House to discuss the security and safety of artificial intelligence. They promised (voluntarily and with no consequences) to invest in cybersecurity, discrimination research, and a new watermarking system informing users when content is A.I.-generated.

• The People Cheering for Humanity’s End The Atlantic — The philosophical movements of anthropocene anti-humanism and transhumanism both agree that humanity needs to go but for different reasons. Anthropocene anti-humanism argues that humanity's destruction of the environment makes our self-destruction inevitable and should be welcomed. On the other hand, transhumanism aims to transcend human limitations through advanced technology, even if it means leaving behind our physical form. Both movements call for human self-limitation and may shape the future of politics and society.

• Sam Altman: OpenAI CEO on GPT-4, Chat GPT, and the Future of AI Lex Fridman Podcast  — Sam Altman appeared on Lex Fridman’s podcast to discuss A.I. safety, truth and misinformation, advice for young people, and of course, the meaning of life. Watch the interview for his thoughts on the future of A.I. and more.

• Worldcoin Whitepaper WorldCoin — Worldcoin aims to create a globally-inclusive identity and financial network through its World ID system, using "proof of personhood" to distinguish humans from A.I. while preserving privacy. The project also includes a digital currency called WLD, and its potential applications range from enabling fairer distribution of resources to providing frictionless access to global decentralized financial infrastructure, ultimately increasing economic opportunity and promoting equality on a global scale.

• What is Worldcoin? A Plain English Guide to Sam Altman’s Orb That Gives Crypto to Scan Your Eyeballs Fortune — If Worldcoin’s official announcement was a bit dense or you’re wondering “what exactly is this” and “do I sign up”, this article explains in layman’s terms what OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman, aims to do with Worldcoin.

• As Actors Strike for AI Protections, Netflix Lists $900,000 AI Job The Intercept — As Hollywood executives claim it's not realistic to pay actors more, they are heavily investing in A.I. programs. Companies like Netflix are offering large sums, up to $900,000, for A.I. product managers, while entertainment firms are embracing A.I. for content creation. Hollywood actors and writers unions continue to strike to demand better wages and regulations on studios' use of A.I., particularly concerning the protection of actors' digital likenesses and the potential replacement of writers' work by A.I.-generated content.

• ChatGPT Broke the Turing test — The Race is on for New Ways to Assess AI Nature— Large language models like GPT-4 can mimic human chatter, pass tough exams, and write human-like essays but struggle with simple visual logic puzzles. Researchers are divided on whether they demonstrate genuine reasoning abilities or if their successes are limited to statistical correlations in language data. To better understand their capabilities, new benchmark tests, such as the ConceptARC puzzles, are being developed, aiming to evaluate the machines' abstract-thinking abilities and uncover their limitations. The debate on assessing A.I. systems continues, with researchers emphasizing the need for multiple tests to quantify their strengths and weaknesses.

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