03 - Conversation with Omar Karim
Channel: The Present Future
Date: 08/10/2023

In this episode, Omar Karim provides an aspirational view of AI's potential to radically expand human creativity and reinvent fields like photography. His boundary-pushing art hints at a creative AI future.
Omar Karim discusses the power of AI generative art and the vast potential for AI to enhance creativity by automating tasks. And how AI allows creatives to explore ideas unfettered by lack of skills or resources. He views AI as a collaborator that enhances human creativity. He aims to develop symbiotic creative relationships between humans and AI.
Furthermore, he talks about As AI art evolves, notions of truth and reality may change. Omar sees opportunities to move beyond representing reality in art. Omar envisions an AI-powered creative future where personal AI agents handle tasks and enable new forms of art.

Omar Karim is an award-winning Creative Director image-maker, and author. A pioneer in generative AI photography and film. His interest lies in exploring where creativity and technology intersect. Karim has collaborated with various brands like SHOWstudio, Nike, and Beats/Apple to name a few. He has also served as a creative strategist for Meta. Omar lives and works in Hackney, London.

You can follow Omar Karim on Instagram at:
https://www.instagram.com/arthur_chance

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Image Courtesy: Omar Karim
Music: 'You Don't Really Exist' by Nim Sadot