Kris Krüg | Generative AI Tools & Techniques
Empowering Events & Organizations for the AI Age
The tech circus rolled into town. Fine. I like a good circus. But when the tent is partly paid for with public money, Vancouver gets to ask how many people actually walked through the door. Not vibes. Not sizzle reels. Badge math. Read More …
Most AI conversations force a binary. Boosters say embrace it. Doomers say resist it. Both feel lazy.
I hold the critique in one hand. I hold the capability in the other. That is the only honest place to stand right now. Read More …
4 weeks. Built with Martin Lopatka and Sarah Downey. First cohort starts May 22. Wrote up the whole story… the gap, the collaborators, what’s actually in it, and the honest notes about the pilot. Read More …
Kate Armstrong turned the planetarium into a séance. Flux LoRA trained on her hot tub paintings. Not AI wallpaper… an oracle of leisure, plumbing, and the post-body future. Read More …
Stop calling it “AI bias.” It’s misogyny when image generators strip authority from women. It’s racism when facial recognition fails Black women at 40x the rate it fails white men. It’s sexism when resume algorithms favor men. Name what you’re seeing. Make discrimination visible. Read More …
This piece is for creatives who feel two things at once: anger about the non-consensual training mess, and curiosity about what these tools can do inside a real practice. I’m not selling “embrace” or “resist.” I’m arguing for both hands full: left hand holds critique (consent, labor, dependency), right hand holds agency (workflows that actually help, and the clarity the mirror forces). Read More …
Vancouver Tech Journal is hosting “#VTJTalks: Grading Vancouver’s Innovation Economy in 2025” on December 10th. Here’s what you need to know: The company running this show is led by a former BC Premier who had the RCMP raid his house on live TV. Their playbook involves firing journalists who refuse to promote sponsors. And they Read More …
Registration for all tracks is open now. Bring your team, or come solo. Just bring your curiosity and your edge. If you’re skeptical? Even better—every alumni in these quotes started right there. Read More …
Stop waiting for the perfect tool or policy. This is what’s working now.
Get your hands dirty—or get comfortable being obsolete. Read More …
You thought you were safe in “knowledge work?” The machines ate that script. The future is ordinary life now. Want to survive? Build community, get weird, stay human. #AIcommunity #NowNotNext Read More …
We just launched Canada’s first grassroots AI industry organization. Not because we love meetings, but because someone has to ask the hard questions while everyone else is busy printing money on artificial intelligence. Like: Who gets to decide what “intelligent” means when you live on unceded territory? Read More …
A monthly open-source mixtape of BC AI knowledge, culture & collective intelligence from the bleeding edge of the Pacific Cascadian AI underground. Read More …
“Industry associations” claim to represent AI in BC. Meanwhile, our grassroots community built something they couldn’t: an ecosystem where humans matter more than profit. They’re selling AI. We’re living it. Read More …
Behind the press kits and panels, Vancouver’s tech underground is staging a protocol shift—one rooted in justice, joy, and gentle refusal. Read More …
Reimagine what economics can be when we measure what truly matters—community well-being, environmental stewardship, cultural wealth, and intergenerational sustainability. Read More …
AI don’t need hype. It needs healing. We opened the night with ceremony, not code. Spirit first. Systems second. That’s how you realign the future. Read More …
Most digital systems are designed for neurotypical productivity zombies. What if you built one optimized for your actual thought patterns instead? Inside: how I transformed fleeting ideas into completed projects by embracing digital chaos instead of fighting it. Read More …
How will you connect worlds that have never spoken to each other? Which voices will you amplify? What values will guide your choices? The future isn’t written in code yet—it’s being written by those brave enough to navigate digital chaos with bold authenticity, one unexpected connection at a time. Read More …
Forget boring data decks. I just sat down with Rival Technologies CEO Andrew Reid to plan Vancouver’s most ambitious AI hackathon yet. We’re challenging 40+ teams to reinvent how humans experience data – starting with the eternal question: “Is a hot dog a sandwich?” Read More …