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AIAF — EPISODE 06 RUN: 1 hr 13 min

From Rap to Roblox: AI Native Creativity with Carson Coots

"It exists. It didn't exist before. I'm happy. That's all there is to it."

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In this episode

Steve sits down with creator Carson Coots to dissect the rapidly evolving world of generative AI and creativity: how these tools are changing the way we tell stories, make music, and interact with history. By day Carson leads Cognitive Films, writing, producing, directing and editing documentaries and interview content for businesses and non-profits. By night he plays with AI, building everything from a rap album that teaches financial literacy to an Alamo game made to teach his kids Texas history. He is also the founder of word.studio.

Guest

Carson Coots

Writer, producer, director and editor at Cognitive Films. Founder of word.studio.

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What it covers
  • The evolution of content automation, from custom-built prototypes to tools that do the same job from a single prompt
  • Cash Flow Chronicles Volume One, a 12-track financial-literacy rap album made with AI and distributed on the major streaming platforms
  • Suno and Stable Audio, and Grammy-winning artists treating music models as a playground
  • The AI-native generation: children for whom high-end AI visuals are ordinary rather than impressive
  • Interactive podcasts where the listener talks back to an AI host, built with NotebookLM
  • Adversarial poetry, and using poetic vocabulary to navigate model guardrails
  • Coding the Alamo Game with Claude to teach his son Texas history, with no software background

Generative AI · AI filmmaking · Creative tooling · AI music · Educational games

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