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AIAF — EPISODE 05 RUN: 40 min 34 sec

Turning Dreams Into Movies: The Fearless Creativity of AI Kids with Jenn Clemente

"Hand generative video tools to a room of elementary students and the cynicism goes out the window."

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In this episode

What happens when you strip away the adult critiques of "AI slop" and hand generative video tools to a room full of tech-savvy elementary students? Jenn and Steve unpack the Dream Builders workshop they ran at an AI-forward school in Brownsville, Texas. They start from the psychological gap between adult stress dreams and the vivid, high-stakes nightmares of childhood, then follow dream logic as a blueprint for understanding how generative AI actually behaves, including kids mapping out three-act dark anime epics on paper first.

Guest

Jenn Clemente

Co-facilitator, Dream Builders workshop.

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What it covers
  • The Dream Builders workshop at an AI-forward school in Brownsville, Texas
  • Dream logic as a blueprint for understanding how generative models actually behave
  • Three-act dark anime epics mapped out on pen and paper before anything was generated
  • Burning thirty thousand Luma Labs credits in a single afternoon
  • Teaching vibe creation, and the technical realities of running an AI classroom
  • Why children's fearlessness with these tools outperforms adult caution
  • What happens to the AI slop critique when you hand the tools to elementary students

AI literacy · K-12 education · Generative video · Creativity research

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