Three days at the first Futureproof Festival of AI in Vancouver. Old friends, new builders, difficult questions, and what I’m taking into year two.
Category: Vancouver AI Ecosystem
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Sarah Blyth, Simon Haworth, a backyard full of scientists, and whether all this clever software can make itself useful on East Hastings.
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I went to Vancouver’s AI protest. Cedar brought the land. Stephanie brought the public-power questions. Both hands full. Now show me the deal.
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Joel Hansen put me in front of the League of Innovators and North House founder cohorts for an hour. I skipped the panel and showed them the thing I actually do every day, then the room…
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Futureproof Festival of AI is the room Vancouver has been rehearsing for, three days of art, technology, argument, and better questions at the Space Centre.
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Business in Vancouver got the thesis right: AI lands inside every profession. Here is the connective infrastructure B.C. still has to build and what BC + AI is already doing.
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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…
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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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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.
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A public Vancouver AI talk about refusing the lazy binary. AI is compromised and powerful, harmful and useful, exhausting and creatively explosive.
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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…
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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…
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A monthly open-source mixtape of BC AI knowledge, culture & collective intelligence from the bleeding edge of the Pacific Cascadian AI underground.
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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…
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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.
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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.
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Steve Jobs said the crazy ones change the world, but he hadn’t met our crew. We’re not just thinking different—we’re creating a whole new remix. Here’s to the misfits, the rebels, and the troublemakers… Vancouver AI…
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AI Meetup or Avant-Garde Creativity Festival? Delve into Vancouver’s surreal fusion of geospatial sound walks, cyborg art, and live beatboxing – a night that redefines the boundaries of creativity and technology.
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Think Vancouver just landed another regular tech event? Think again. In this no-holds-barred read, I’m laying out how we’re twisting the Web Summit to amplify our city’s bold, technopunk spirit. This isn’t about falling in line…