Community Announcements: Film Club, AI Burnout & Ethics Lab | Vancouver AI April 2026

The part of every Vancouver AI meetup where the community passes the mic — and tells you exactly what's brewing.

Kevin on Film Club and the AI burnout paradox: "You take on 12 agents and try to orchestrate them — you're essentially acting like a CEO, carrying the weight and stress." Productivity peaks at 1-3 tools, crashes at 4+. AI doesn't reduce work. It intensifies it.

Loki on MAC (Mind, AI & Consciousness) — 12 meetups deep, exploring organoids, xenobots, and synthetic brains. Social break during Web Summit week.

Philippe (SFU Metacreation Lab) just got knighted by France. Two papers at CHI. Vancouver is in the running for AI Music & Creativity Conference 2028.

Eileen on sports & digital carbon footprint: global wagering consumes more energy than Sweden. Data revenue for sports now bigger than gate plus sponsorship combined. She's building a dashboard to track compute power and grid dirtiness.

Crisabel on AI & Education at Ethos Labs — 40 attendees monthly. Teachers desperately need support. Kids often know more than their instructors.

Plus: Demo Desk returns (no corporate procurement tools — bring something weird), Comox Valley AI meetup launched (65 people, $20 tickets), Ethical Futures Lab contributes to national civil society framework, AI Happy Hour at Friends Quarters, and a white paper on edge computing seeking feedback.

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