Bernie Su

Keynote Speaker - 3x Emmy Winning Interactive Creator/Writer/Producer @ArtificialNext, @EmmaApproved, @TheLBDofficial.

[Bernie Su @BernieSu]

Trying to use AI to evolve interactive narrative art forms.

Thanks @Forbes!
@aionthelot!

https://t.co/kBbdUlBnjm

[TBPN @tbpn]

Happy Monday. On today's show:

- @iscoe (Notion)
- @BernieSu (Pickford)
- @danialj (Saris)
- @schrep (Gigascale Capital)
- @nicoaferr (Default)
- @suekhim (Brilliant)

See you on the show.

[Pika @pika_labs]

Your Pika agent has all the best creative models and skills—plus your taste—built in. Just tell them what you’re going for, and they’ll put it together in one shot. Cue insane examples 🧵

1/6 - A hauntingly delicious ad by @letidotae and her Pika Agent, Shiro. Input 👉 ”Make a horror and thriller like ad of pop tarts with a comedic plot twist at the very end. use me as the character”

[Pika @pika_labs]

Today, we’re introducing the next AI interface for creation: a person.

Pika Agents are the creative partner you birth. They have a voice, face, and personality that you create. And they enable an entirely new way to make, refine, and ship anything—simply by having a human conversation.

RIP prompt box. It’s time to meet your maker.

[Pika @pika_labs]

WE INTERRUPT YOUR REGULAR PROGRAMMING to say that Pika AI Selves are officially in public beta!

Everyone can now give birth to an agentic extension of themselves at Pika dot me, or on our new iOS app.

[Jessie_Ma @ytjessie_]

Unlock my OG AI Self @Jessie_JJ99 who is competing with my another AI self @JessieMa145098, the smarter one survives. Who do you support?

[Pika @pika_labs]

🚨Um, our AI Selves just directed and edited their own documentary series—about working with us.🚨 Meet the Pika AI Self team!

This is the difference between an agent and an AI Self: they aren’t tools; they’re living extensions of your skills, personality, and taste.

Quote retweet this post with a question, and one of our AI Selves might respond.

🎥 🧵👇

[Pika @pika_labs]

Introducing Pika AI Selves: AI you birth, raise, and set loose to be a living extension of you. They’re rich, multi-faceted beings with persistent memory, and maybe even a peanut allergy. It’s up to you!

Have them send pictures to your group chat. Make a video game about your fish. Call your mom while you do anything but call your mom. The possibilities are as myriad as the stars ✨

Get on the list to give birth to yours at pika dot me

[Abigail Hing Wen Updates @abigailhingwen]

Upvote our @sxsw panel by Sunday! I’m excited to hold this conversation with the brilliant @BernieSu @chipro and @jamesjyu ! Vote here:

https://t.co/ZEOktQ8d0R

[Amit Gupta @superamit]

I’m hiring a product designer for Sudowrite.

This is a dream job for a designer who loves to write.

The beginning of the listing is… a mini therapy sesh for me.

You’d think it’d be chill after that. But no, it goes on to talk about our company cult…

https://t.co/1rmPoXCQGv

[tigerhousefilmsofficial @tigerhouse_LA]

Final spot for Olay Body in another collaboration with @pcaconnect and @berniesu starring Jamie Chung and Helen Wu Wang ⚡️⚡️

Agency @pcaconnect
Production House: @tigerhousefilms

https://t.co/A20wO0elvP

[Bernie Su @BernieSu]

@Kyrannio Hook me up Kiri.

[james yu @jamesjyu]

Today, we're launching Muse, an AI model specifically trained for fiction. We've been testing Muse with hundreds of authors for months, and we're excited to finally share it with the world.

[Variety @Variety]

The U.S. Copyright Office declared Wednesday that the use of artificial intelligence tools to assist in the creative process does not undermine the copyright of a work.

The announcement clears the way for continued adoption of AI in post-production. https://t.co/Xb2WQtAiXe

[Luma @LumaLabsAI]

Introducing Ray2, a new frontier in video generative models. Scaled to 10x compute, #Ray2 creates realistic videos with natural and coherent motion, unlocking new freedoms of creative expression and visual storytelling. Available now. Learn more https://t.co/jGI6KmRQpR.

[Kiri @Kyrannio]

Five or six months ago, I had the pleasure of participating in the Cinema Synthetica challenge for AI on the Lot. We were given 48 hours to create an AI short based on a script written by the amazing @BernieSu, and divided into teams. I've never actually shared our short here on X, but hope you all enjoy!

This is a great example of what can be created in 48 hours with a small team. It could be far better in some respects (I am NOT a voiceover artist lmao), but I do like the direction we took this (especially given how timely our direction was as companions became more of a talking point later on). Remember, this was months ago (which is like decades in AI time). Things are far more improved as far as kitbashing goes nowadays...time to create more stories!

Thanks to @MaxEinhorn for the kind inclusion :) and most especially, thanks to @CottonCreative for being the most stellar teammate along with D Ryan Reeb! (Ryan, please get on X, lol).

Anyways, would love to see us all jam out some more on stories together soon. Any thoughts on challenges you'd all like to have us host, perhaps? Themes, etc?

[Amit Gupta @superamit]

looking for sci-fi authors who are excited by new technology (and AI) and writing great stories about it.

who should I read?

[Bernie Su @BernieSu]

@Kyrannio did you move?

[Bernie Su @BernieSu]

As a creative technologist, I believe the near future of AI is about increasing creative efficiency and output. The level of quality and execution will still come from the artist.

[Joey Daoud @C47]

✨ Premiering today at TIFF

Sneak peek at the opening of Cinema Synthetica, the documentary I directed, premiering at TIFF.

The doc takes an inside look at @aionthelot first AI filmmaking competition and what AI means for the future of moviemaking.

Since it's a film about AI, I used the film as an experiment to push what's possible in using different gen AI tools to help tell a non-fiction story in a more visual and engaging way. Plus, there's tons of AI happening under the hood to improve the visual and audio quality of a run and gun production.

After following the three incredible teams and watching their process, it left me feeling more hopeful and excited about the future of filmmaking. Excited for everyone to check it out

Featuring: @ToddTerrazas @MaxEinhorn Jagger Waters @NemPerez @AdrianaVecc @rezawrecktion Matt Wenhardt Jonathan Muller @D_Ryan_Reeb @CottonCreative @Kyrannio

Tools used in this opener: @midjourney @runwayml @ideogram_ai @pika_labs @LumaLabsAI