Culture & Code

Culture & Code spoke with Stewart Lyons, a multi award-winning television producer for smash hits like Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. We discussed the Hollywood strike, AI in entertainment, and possible directions for creative work transformed by technology.

We believe our job as creators is to expand human potential by mastering a new medium for expression. For Generative AI to benefit the human condition, it must be tamed by people pushing themselves to realize something difficult and worthwhile. Helping creative professionals dream bigger and create smarter is the mission of Culture & Code.

Yogi Berra famously quipped that “the future ain’t what it used to be.” That’s especially true when it comes to trying to predict changes brought on by technology. More and more decision makers are turning to science fiction not simply for entertainment but for clues about how people and societies navigate the different worlds spawned by new capabilities. Design fiction is taking that a step further by deliberately composing fictional narratives based on real world technologies and cultural practice. This show is about how we’re approaching Design Fiction as a way to understand the future and try to make it better. 

The creative artists strike of 2023 rocked the entertainment world. Writers, actors, and radio artists took their fears about streaming, compensation and AI's role. Culture & Code speaks with Hollywood media and technology catalyst Lori Schwartz about this dispute that will reshape the future creative landscape for years to come.

Part three of our three-part series exploring the space where autonomous vehicles, media and artificial intelligence converging to create an entirely new entertainment experience. This episode examines what storytelling for autonomous mobility might look like when we have freedom of attention and a captive audience on the road.

Part two of our three-part series exploring the space where autonomous vehicles, media and artificial intelligence converging to create an entirely new entertainment experience. This episode deals with how our new environment is going to shape the content we consume.

Part one of our three-part series exploring the space where autonomous vehicles, media and artificial intelligence converging to create an entirely new entertainment experience. This episode explores the car as the next interactive media platform.

We explore audio as a storytelling medium that transports listeners, interacts with us, fuels creativity, and connects people—revealing how the human mind is still the ultimate theater.

No character better captures our fears about technology than the cyborg, a living organism that is simultaneously flesh and technology. At the same time, we love videos of paralyzed people taking halting steps in a rehab center or deaf babies with cochlear implants laughing as they hear their mother's voice for the first time. I'm a cyborg fan, happy to merge with a surrounding web of symbols, culture and technology.

Can AI actually be creative or is it human beings who are hallucinating? We examine how AI is transforming music, art, and more – while learning some science about the heart of the storyteller.