What’s the best way to unlock creativity? Does our mind have the power to process so many thoughts and references? How does AI help in creating, building, and sharing ideas as founders and creators?
Some of these questions are deep enough, but there’s a common line that connects them all—the power of cognition and how computers can be trained to augment that science behind.
I recently chatted with Alice Albrecht, who is a founder herself, building something cool in the AI space. She did a PhD in cognitive neuroscience at Yale and then spent 10 years researching AI before starting up to solve challenges in human creativity and knowledge.
00:00 Intro to Alice and her work
01:02 Getting started with the neuroscience space and entering tech
04:37 What does it mean to augment creativity?
08:15 Challenges in building tools for knowledge workers & creators
10:42 Why humans are obsessed with tools over the creativity process?
15:26 The effect of AI algorithms on attention span
22:03 The AI wave and the focus on right prompting
26:00 Actionable steps to boost product creativity
30:53 Keeping users' consciousness in mind while building products
34:39 The shift from being a researcher to founder
41:00 Concepts and cognitive theories that Alice is fascinated with
44:49 The future of AI space and role of ethical tech
Follow Alice: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alice-albrecht-6379868
Check out Recollect: https://www.re-collect.ai/
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Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-founders-foyer-with-aishwarya-ashok/id1628603555
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