AI & The Creative Professional

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Showrunner Kat Viken on how to actually use an LLM, lawyer Kelsey Farish on why your boss is pushing you to use AI, why the AI ethics debate is dead

2026-07-1348:45

In episode 31, you'll learn how and how not to talk to an LLM. Kelsey and Kat discuss the AI morality argument vs the business and economics argument. Kat argues for knowledge and action on legislation rather than noise online, and debate Hollywood studios' hidden AI use. We delve into what makes an art process valid or invalid, and what this means for the lives of creatives going forward.

AI Bosses slow down the AI race, but what's the real motivation? AI Lawyer Kelsey Farish suggests Meta glasses law, AI showrunner Kat Viken goes viral for lamenting AI microdrama

2026-09-1949:25

In episode 39, AI lawyer Kelsey Farish and AI showrunner Kat Viken discuss the motivation behind the collective agreement to slow down the AI race. Legislation for Meta glasses is suggested, and Kat discusses her recent viral video on the entertainment industry's demise and flattening, and the divide between creatives when it comes to AI use. Kat gives listeners tips on how to manage contracts with AI commissioners like microdrama companies.

AI will kill us all, Hugging Face hack, was Sam Altman really on Grindr? Comedian Alice Fraser dislikes comedy misinformation

2026-09-1131:37

Everyone has been freaking out over the Hugging Face/OpenAI hack, and this week an Anthropic employee quit over fears AI could kill us all. Kat and Alice break down why the Hugging Face hack was more significant than we first thought, discuss slop in American Senate legislative writing, and if Jake Schroeder's 'Sam Altman on Grindr' comedy skit was morally defensible in a misinformation age.

Alice Fraser's Edinburgh Fringe rundown, is AI in advertising a non-AI production okay? China beats everyone on AI price and nobody wants datacentres.

2026-08-2540:10

In episode 37 , Alice Fraser is back fresh off the Edinburgh Fringe and has musings on AI used in books, advertising and the creative process. Kat is shocked at data centre proposals in London's backyard, LLM price race is being won by China, and Alice has a dilemma over a production she's cast in which may or may not be using AI.

Anthropic watermarks writing, book agents now love bad writing, Chat GPT is bad at electrics, AI lawyer Kelsey Farish on legal traps with AI

2026-08-1946:50

In episode 36, showrunner Kat Viken and AI media lawyer Kelsey Farish break down how the new Anthropic writing watermarks works, if agentic bot swaps can be considered intelligence and how the LLMs now overcompensate the wrong way. Kelsey talks about how GPT failed to help her DIY her electrics and Kat discusses how revolutionary agentic filmmaking actually is.

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