London Creative Coding and The DevCon network presents...

... Digital production in the time of AIs

Is software development dead? Are language descriptions killing or democratising design? Are we all going to be replaced by clusters of AIs?

We are meeting to discuss how the (near) future of digital production looks like when generative models take the steering wheel.

We have a jam packed evening for you. Firstly we'll be inspired by several short talks and demos from some amazing folks, followed by a panel of industry experts to dive into some of the questions we've all been talking about by the water cooler.

Before we dive into the details, a huge thanks to our sponsors Parallel and H1 Finance for helping make this night happen, as well as Makers academy for letting us use their amazing space!

And some house work before you jump on the "YES!" button... For fire safety reasons our host Makers academy have asked that everyone provides their first and last names. This means you will need to update your profile and add your full name and not just your first name or an alias. If this is a problem for you then please send us a message with your meetup name and your full name and we will ensure this is passed on ahead of time. If you do not do this you will not be allowed to enter the building!

Right, before the word counts cuts me off...

Demos and talks:

Embracing Spontaneity by Oliver Jones, Design Principal at Parallel

Discussing how AI is proposing a paradigm shift in our digital landscape, from rigid and premeditated solutions to dynamic and contextually aware digital products.

Oliver is a designer with over a decade of experience in defining and delivering exceptional products, brands and experiences. His approach to design aims to narrow the gap between strategy and implementation, working end-to-end to help organisations gain a deep understanding of their problem and build clear paths to value.

Impractical applications of Generative AI by Alex Ene

Ways of using generative AI in projects of doubtful usefulness.

Alex is just a software engineer that spent most of their career in games and other kinds of entertainment-related apps.

Invisible: Realtime Markerless Motion Capture by George Provenza

A markerless mocap system for Virtual Production recently launched by disguise in partnership with move.ai

George is a London based, Romanian born, Creative Technologist, currently working on innovative projects at Disguise with a focus on computer vision

Can ChatGPT be used to write a convincing piece of music? By Tony Morton

ChatGPT is a natural language processing tool, driven by AI technology, allowing users to interact with a chatbot model and have human-like conversations. Users around the world have been bombarding it with prompts, from asking it to write history essays to explaining what Bitcoin is about, in the tone of Donald Trump. But can it assist in writing a convincing piece of music?

Tony James Morton is an artist, musician, composer and educator whose work focuses on real-time systems aesthetics. His work has been displayed and performed at; OXO Tower Bargehouse (London, UK), IKLECTIK (London, UK), BEAST FEaST (Birmingham, UK) and Studio 47 (Amsterdam, Netherlands). He currently teaches computer science and creative technology at St. Paul’s Girls’ School, London (UK).

Hacking Motivation with AI By Kavita Kalaichelvan

Motivation is supposed to be the elusive secret sauce that helps us turn intentions into actions. Now, what if you could use AI to get constantly motivated in exactly the way that works for you? Join Kavita as she walks you through her attempt to bring together AI, behavioural psychology and the jobs-to-be-done philosophy to motivate anyone to become the healthiest version of themselves.

Kavita is a software engineer turned founder, passionate about anything health tech related. Currently, she is building Hoku, an AI health coach that helps you remove all the friction around your health journey.

The panel:

• Omar Karim, creative strategist at Meta
• Jerome Maurey, product specialist at Unity
• Drew Wilkins and Tim Ki-Kydd, founder and creative lead at Fish In a Bottle
• Sean Hawkridge, engineering leadership coach at Makers

Finally, we'll need to vacate the building by 9pm, but we'll move on to a local pub to continue the chat.

We look forward to see you all soon!