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#21: Cristóbal Valenzuela — Machine Learning for Creators
Category: Health
Duration: 01:07:53
Publish Date: 2019-07-18 01:00:00
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Cristóbal Valenzuela — Machine Learning for Creators


Cristóbal Valenzuela is a technologist, artist and software developer interested in the intersection between artificial intelligence and creative tools. He is co-founder of Runway and researcher at New York University ITP.


Favorite quotes

  • "For me, simplicity is anything that allows you to concentrate your energy on meaningful tasks so you don't spend time around things that are not necessary."
  • "Simple is hard to get and understand. There's no simplicity law."
  • "Being surrounded by people that are not in your field [and things] not related to what you do often, not common to your day to day [makes me more creative]."
  • "The main idea of Runway is to enable creative people to use and benefit from artificial intelligence in a way that's common to a language they understand."
  • "Anyone can do anything [with the right mindset and time]."

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Episode notes

  • Intro. [0:33]
  • Cristóbal Valenzuela. [2:29]
  • ml5 - Learn about the origins of ml5. [8:18]
  • Naming ml5 - How did the name come to be? [10:44]
  • Experiments. [11:50]
  • Open source. [13:07]
  • Runway. [14:17]
  • Exposing it to people - What would happen if I expose the scripts I use to automate my process to more people? [14:57]
  • Runway's roadmap. [16:43]
  • Projects. [18:28]
  • Machine learning. [20:44]
  • Visual artists. [22:19]
  • Other companies. [23:47]
  • Cristobal Valenzuela. [24:43]
  • Day-to-day. [24:58]
  • Commute. [25:44]
  • Exercise. [26:24]
  • Meditative moments. [26:54]
  • Simple living. [27:14]
  • Complexity. [27:41]
  • Hobbies. [28:20]
  • Book recommendations. [28:40]
  • Artificial intelligence on simplicity. [29:50]
  • Your contribution to artificial intelligence. [30:33]
  • Ideal work. [31:26]
  • Starting a startup. [31:57]
  • Focus, flow, and music. [34:33]
  • Distractions. [36:00]
  • Work-in-progress. [36:41]
  • Creativity. [37:13]
  • Serendipity? [38:32]
  • @c_valenzuelab [39:36]
  • Ideas. [39:52]
  • Deliberate practice. [40:35]
  • Digital tools. [41:11]
  • The sandbox folder. [42:23]
  • Favorite user interface. [43:10]
  • Simplicity. [44:31]
  • Intuitive. [45:02]
  • Healthy tech. [45:33]
  • Addictive tech - What decisions (and where should they be made) to make technology healthier? [47:10]
  • Measuring "success" [48:42]
  • Disconnect. [49:07]
  • Boredom. [50:25]
  • Email. [51:48]
  • Away from the screen. [52:29]
  • Money. [53:11]
  • A positive purchase. [54:07]
  • Clothing. [54:52]
  • Physical clutter. [55:30]
  • Traveling light. [56:10]
  • Personal success. [56:48]
  • A message to yourself. [57:31]
  • A sentence to the world. [59:01]
  • Worries. [59:44]
  • Impostor syndrome. [1:01:49]
  • Habit-changing software. [1:02:26]
  • Environment. [1:03:28]
  • Connect with Cris. [1:03:59]
  • New York vs Chile. [1:05:09]

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