Pull up a chair, tune into the signal, and hear from one of the real ones shaping British Columbia’s AI renaissance from the ground up. Dr. Patrick Parra…
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Pull up a chair, tune into the signal, and hear from one of the real ones shaping British Columbia’s AI renaissance from the ground up. Dr. Patrick Parra Pennefather—UBC prof, sound designer, and founder of Design for Humans—takes us on a riff through what it means to be part of a grassroots AI community that’s alive, weird, and wildly interdisciplinary.
This isn’t hype. It’s practice. It’s people showing up, sharing their tools, teaching each other, remixing ideas in the open. It’s students mingling with system designers. Artists collabing with coders. Educators learning from activists. And it’s happening every month at the Vancouver AI Community Meetups—where Dr. PPP is both contributor and co-conspirator.
Here, Patrick unpacks:
How spatial audio and generative systems are converging in his work.
Why bringing students into real-world AI meetups matters.
The messy, thrilling promise of cross-pollination between disciplines.
How the Vancouver scene isn’t just reacting to AI—it’s remaking it in our image: creative, conscious, and community-first.
This is part of the living archive of BC’s mycelial AI ecosystem—a decentralized, open-source, story-rich movement grounded in Indigenous values, artistic experimentation, and radical inclusionBCS_224_Pennefather-et-….
Whether you're tuning in from academia, the art world, the public sector, or a side project in your garage, this is your invitation to jump in, share your weird idea, and help build the future together.
Join the Vancouver AI community: https://lu.ma/vancouver-ai
Read the BC AI ecosystem research: https://kriskrug.co/2025/02/16/bcs-ai-ecosystem-a-mycelial-network-of-creation/
This video is part of the BC + AI Ecosystem Archive—documenting the humans, hacks, and hopes shaping a uniquely BC approach to artificial intelligence. Not tech for tech’s sake. Tech in service of culture, care, and collective imagination.
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