DiscoverWhoa, Vol. 2: Conversations on AI × CreativityHow David Perell Uses AI to Unlock His Playful Side
How David Perell Uses AI to Unlock His Playful Side

How David Perell Uses AI to Unlock His Playful Side

Update: 2025-10-10
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In this episode we sit down with writer Jasmine Sun to talk about:


  • Why beauty and craftsmanship—not AI—are the real story of our time
  • Democratic beauty: why everyday public spaces used to lift the human spirit (and why they don’t now)
  • The “paradox of abundance”: why AI makes the best better and the average worse
  • How David actually writes with AI (hint: it involves Theo Von)
  • Why David decided to end Write of Passage
  • New York vs. LA vs. SF: the unspoken culture war over AI in publishing and entertainment
  • Personalization vs. prose: why he’ll start with deep research before a book
  • Why David's bullish on spirit-lifting, live performance and theater in an AI-saturated world
  • … and more


Whoa Vol. 2

This episode is part of a limited series of ten in-depth conversations put together by sublime.app with some of our favorite thinkers and creatives where we explore how artificial intelligence is changing and challenging creative work.

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How David Perell Uses AI to Unlock His Playful Side

How David Perell Uses AI to Unlock His Playful Side

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