- Spa at the End of Time
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 … - Name the Bias
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 … - Both Hands Full
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 Isn’t JournalismVancouver 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 only interview people who pay them. Let’s talk about who’s grading Vancouver’s innovation economy. Who’s Running This Show? Glen Clark is the CEO of Overstory Media Group, which owns Vancouver Tech Journal. Clark was BC Premier from 1996-1999. His tenure ended when the RCMP raided Read More …
- AI Training for Media, PR, and Creative Professionals
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 … - What Journalists Need to Know About AI—Right Now
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 … - AI Ate the Future
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 … - BC + AI Ecosystem Industry Association Is Live
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 … - Vancouver AI Meetup #16: Where Tech, Creativity, and Community Collide
A monthly open-source mixtape of BC AI knowledge, culture & collective intelligence from the bleeding edge of the Pacific Cascadian AI underground. Read More … - DIY AI in Vancouver: Building a Grassroots BC AI Industry Association
“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 … - Web Summit Vancouver 2025 Survival Guide
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 … - How Indigenomics AI is Flipping The Script On Economic Power in CanadaReimagine what economics can be when we measure what truly matters—community well-being, environmental stewardship, cultural wealth, and intergenerational sustainability. Read More …