Is generative AI a bubble or here to stay? Sometimes, the best way to find the answer is to look at the history of tech disruption in media industries, from Napster and the Bluray and HD DVD format wars to YouTube AdSense and Stable Diffusion.

To that point, in this episode of Creativity & Robots, we're joined by Scot Pansing, Principal at The Human Side of Technology. Scot has an impressive background, having worked with big names like Capitol Records, Disney, YouTube, and Google, and over the last twenty years, he's seen some major tech revolutions and their impact on creative industries up close and lived to tell the stories.

What We'll Cover in This Episode:
→ The evolution of media through technology: Scot shares his experiences from the early days of digital disruption, such as Napster, to the development of Bluray, offering a historical perspective on how technology has impacted the media industry.
→ Generative AI's role in media: Explore how generative AI is transforming creative industries, highlighting opportunities and challenges.
→ Navigating ethical waters: Gain insights into the ethical considerations of deploying AI in creative contexts, from unethical scrapping to carbon footprint and what it means for us as creative professionals.

00:00 Introduction
00:31 Scot's early career at Capitol Records and Napster's impact
03:11 Disney, the rise of Bluray and Netflix
07:58 The impact of technology on creative industries like music and film.
11:44 Joining YouTube in 2011, and his role in developing ad policies
16:00 Demonetization and brand safety: the backlash.
20:28 Exploring "generative AI" and why he dislikes the term
28:48 The rise of AI content pollution
36:08 The impact of AI on platforms' ability to moderate content at scale.
41:04 The ethics of using MidJourney and Stable Diffusion
45:23 Is there a place for human creativity in the age of AI?
50:28 Closing thoughts

Connect with Scot Pansing:
LinkedIn:   / scotpansing  
AI Quick Bits Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Xmsygi...
The Internet’s Next Great Power Suck (Article): https://www.theatlantic.com/technolog...

Connect with Juan Faisal:
LinkedIn:   / akajuanfaisal  
Website: https://juanfaisal.com/

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About Creativity & Robots:
Creativity & Robots explores the intersection of human creativity and Generative AI, bringing together creative professionals from education, media, and the arts to share how technology shapes our work and creativity today.

Gen AI Use Disclaimer:
Description and timestamps were generated by Gen AI, then reviewed and enhanced by a human for accuracy. We removed any hallucinations and many uses of the word "delve."

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