“It’s the ‘clay’ that is in front of you,” comments digital consultant Douglas Campbell.

He’s talking about AI.

And if you’ve ever wondered how to use artificial intelligence to enhance your creative projects, Douglas is currently offering a series of workshops to take you through that process.

What’s most interesting about this fact? Douglas says that, initially, he was absolutely not in favor of using AI in his own creative work.

“I went from ‘not a believer’ to full-on convert,” he explains.

Douglas is the Founder and Co-Producer of Mindshare LA, a creative collective which combines “ideas and mischief” to come up with some amazing projects. He’s also a full stack designer, with twenty years’ experience serving pioneering entrepreneurs and startups.

In our 2014 interview, Douglas shared the story of his unique group–including the fantastic Rube Goldberg machine they created for OK Go’s official video of “This Too Shall Pass”.

Since then, his work has included writing two books and exploring the use of artificial intelligence for entrepreneurs, content creators and coaches.

What he initially experienced, in his introduction to AI, surprised him. And you may well get a pleasant surprise as well, if you attend one of his free webinar sessions, relating artificial intelligence to your projects. Here’s the link for more information.

Douglas talked about his experiences with AI (including writing his second book!), explored some of the considerations involved in using it responsibly and offered a preview of his upcoming webinars.

On this edition of Over Coffee® we cover:

• How Douglas first became involved with AI;

• The playful experience that made a “full convert” out of him;

• Some guidance for ethical use of artificial intelligence on creative projects;

• Douglas’s experience writing his second book, Free to Roam, with AI;

• How artificial intelligence can work for content creators;

• What’s involved in cloning your voice in AI:

• A closer look at some of the current fears about AI–and a counterpoint

• An example of a creative “use case”;

• A preview of Douglas’s upcoming webinars;

• What he’s considered most fun, so far, in his creative exploration of artificial intelligence;

• Some of the new areas of AI he’d like to try next!