Kris Krüg | Generative AI Tools & Techniques
Empowering Events & Organizations for the AI Age
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 …
Data is the new land, algorithms are the settlers, and we’re all just unpaid labor feeding the machine. Every prompt, every input, every “free” tool is a fresh vein of digital gold being mined for corporate empires.
And the kicker? They’re selling our own reflections back to us—our words, our art, our creativity—wrapped in a polished, machine-generated sheen. AI isn’t neutral; it’s power-coded. And unless we start rewriting the rules, we’re just passengers in someone else’s history. Read More …
Forget Silicon Valley playbooks—we’re writing new rules where data speaks truth and machines amplify humanity.
This is AI with soul, purpose, and swagger. #DataStorytelling #VancouverAI Read More …
Where the real work gets done. No gatekeepers, no hand-holding—just a crew of builders, thinkers, and misfits shaping BC’s AI future. Watch what we’re making. Read More …
Sales sensei Shane Gibson reveals how combining AI tools with a martial artist’s mindset creates unstoppable sales professionals. Like mastering a fighting form, Shane’s approach to AI in sales requires discipline, consistent practice, and the willingness to embrace discomfort.
Discover how his custom AI coaching tools function as a digital dojo, enabling incremental improvements that compound into exponential sales results. Read More …
For 15 months, I’ve been mapping a network of creators and builders creating AI on their own terms. From basement studios in East Van to Indigenous tech labs on unceded territories, this isn’t Silicon Valley’s AI revolution. It’s messier, more alive, and probably what the future actually looks like. Read More …
From hackers to poets, legal minds to artists, our community-driven AI revolution is rewriting the rules. Dive into our one-year anniversary celebration and see how we’re making AI open, ethical, and creative. Read More …
The question now isn’t whether we’ll use these ew AI tools. It’s how we’ll use them—and who we’ll become in the process. Read More …
This is our moment to decide what we want this technology to be. Do we let it become another tool of digital feudalism, or do we grab the reins and steer it toward something more equitable, more creative, more human? That’s the revolution I’m here for. Read More …
To the suits who think AI is about optimization and efficiency—come see what happens when you let the creatives drive. We’re not just adopting future tech; we’re inventing it. And it sounds GLORIOUS. Read More …
AI: friend or foe? From cultural erasure to eco-utopias, we’re battling the Ghost in the Algorithm. Dive into fears, hopes, and WTF moments of humanity’s future with machines. Can creativity, ethics, and humanity survive? Spoiler: only if we hack the system. Let’s talk. Read More …
Step into Kevin Friel’s Vancouver voltron den and you’ll find yourself at the beating heart of a creative revolution. Amidst a labyrinth of Nanlite tubes and more cameras than a Tarantino flick, the dude they call the Pixel Wizard is busy rewiring reality one photon at a time. “We built Noah’s Arc in a day, Read More …
This is just the beginning. The next wave of innovation will be driven not by corporations or universities but by the global community of builders, tinkerers, and dreamers who see AI as a canvas, not a commodity. Read More …
The future isn’t one size fits all. I’m seeing AI systems specialized for everything from biotech to beat-making. This isn’t just about general intelligence anymore – it’s about finding the sweet spots where AI meets human creativity and need. Read More …
Step into latent space with Autolume—a project that transforms analog nostalgia into dynamic AI-driven art, redefining identity and creativity one portrait at a time. Read More …
When everything is possible, the only thing that matters is what you choose to do with that possibility. Read More …
Paddling Together toward the future isn’t just about where we go—it’s about how we move. Our community of thinkers, builders, and creators gathered to explore what it means to row in rhythm toward innovation, ethics, and connection. Read More …
Today, Indigenous leaders, thinkers, and technology innovators unite to reclaim space in finance and tech, building a $100 billion Indigenous economy rooted in respect, cultural integrity, and decolonized innovation. #IndigenomicsNOW Read More …
Join me as I share firsthand experiences from the frontlines of this creative revolution. Discover how the synergy of human intuition and machine precision is not just amplifying our capabilities but also challenging our very identities. What happens when AI can generate a thousand ideas, but only you can tell which ones matter? Read More …