Discover this impactful presentation from Upper Bound, featuring Max Kaminsky, Director of the Storytelling Lab at Midjourney, discussing "Creative AI: Lensing the Imagination." Kaminsky delves into the challenges of human-AI co-creativity, particularly the "dearth of the author" where AI's strong biases in training data lead to homogenized outputs, limiting user ownership and diverse creative expression. He introduces the concept of "lensing the imagination" – an approach focused on designing interfaces that actively elicit and refine user intent, moving beyond simple text prompts to foster more unique and resonant creative outcomes. Through examples like Patchwork, Patch View, and Phrase, Kaminsky demonstrates how tighter feedback loops between creative modalities, explicit divergence/convergence phases, and non-textual input methods (like gestures and visual sculpting) can guide users to explore broader imaginative spaces and overcome creative uncertainty, transforming AI into a more effective partner in the creative process.

Upper Bound 2025 is Amii's annual artificial intelligence conference, held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, bringing together researchers, industry, and policymakers. The conference focuses on accelerating AI excellence and innovation for good, emphasizing AI for critical infrastructure, health, industrial operations, responsible AI, and AI Literacy.