Author: Kris Krüg
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Both Hands on the Power Cord
I marched through Vancouver in a crowd chanting ‘Fuck AI.’ Then I went home and used AI to organize my notes. That contradiction is the work.
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No One Knows What to Call Us Yet
Daniela asked a small question in a WhatsApp thread and accidentally named the whole moment: what do we call this work before the paperwork catches up? A field-guide to the new AI film titles, and why the name has to follow the craft.
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AI Media Appearances, Podcast Guesting, and Broadcast Commentary
A public proof stack for AI podcast guesting, broadcast commentary, produced interviews, panels, hosting, and media work that keeps the weird parts honest.
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Zero to One: From Meetup to Movement
How a scrappy Vancouver meetup became a grassroots BC AI movement rooted in ceremony, community, practical learning, and relationships before transactions.
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What Would Chat Do? And Why That’s the Wrong Question
AI is a mirror, not a moral authority. The better question is not what the chatbot would do, but who is steering and what values are being amplified.
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Canada Doesn’t Need a Bigger AI Machine. It Needs a Better One.
Canada does need AI infrastructure. But without consent, climate discipline, Indigenous governance, and community benefit, bigger just means faster extraction.
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AI Won’t Fix Your Broken Permit Process
AI will not repair broken civic systems by itself. Permit reform needs better process, public accountability, and human judgment before automation can help.
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Vancouver World Cup 2026 Hackathon & Design Jam
MADE ON is a World Cup protest kit collection that took double silver at the Vancouver Made hackathon. Everyone else made a souvenir. We made the receipt, with every claim cited on the hem, and a settler artist’s refusal to make the celebration jersey.
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The Great Canadian Proximity Game
Canada launched its AI for All strategy this week, and the applause economy switched on within the hour. Here is the difference between cheering for a strategy and actually delivering one.
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A Practical Guide to Agentic Workflows
A practical operating model for routing AI work through canonical skills, explicit gates, and evidence loops instead of treating every task like a one-off prompt with a fancy hat.
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Why We Built the Responsible AI Professional Certification
Why BC + AI built the Responsible AI Professional Certification: practical governance, real artifacts, and a community-grounded way to make better AI decisions before deployment.
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Jordan Dack Asked the Questions Most Hosts Skip (STORYHIVE On Location, Victoria)
An ~80-minute STORYHIVE On Location sit-down with Jordan Dack at Haus of Owl in Victoria — territory acknowledged, facts-or-fiction warm-up, both hands full on broadcast, Vancouver AI as infrastructure, and why human rooms still matter when the synthetic flood arrives.
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Sovereign AI for Whom?
A Web Summit Vancouver open letter asking who sovereign AI is really for; the neighbourhoods, host Nations, artists, builders, and citizens expected to carry the load.
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Speak It Into Existence: Voice-First AI Workflows
Voice-first AI is not just faster typing. It carries cadence, urgency, slang, uncertainty, worldview, and the human mess your fingers often filter out before the machine ever gets a chance to help.
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Canada’s AI for All Strategy: A Skeptical Guide to the Hype, the Money, and the Missing Guardrails
A refreshed skeptical guide to Canada’s June 4, 2026 AI for All strategy: what Carney and Solomon promised, what later coverage added, and where the public should keep asking for receipts.
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Agent Orchestrators, Creative Insurgents & The New Stack
A field guide for film, animation, and creative workers learning to orchestrate AI systems without surrendering taste, judgment, or authorship.
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The Long Road to Futureproof
Futureproof has been rattling around in my head for years. The difference now is that Vancouver has the people, the trust, and the room to make it real.