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The AI Upgrade
Welcome to The AI Upgrade, your weekly guide to understanding and unpacking the AI revolution. Made for professionals upskilling in the age of AI, this podcast is a must-listen for knowledge workers.
Each week, hosts Peter Bittner & Kris Krug chat with experts, founders, journalists, and technologists to understand the trends and impacts of AI on media. Interested in understanding the impacts of AI and other next-gen technologies on how we create, distribute, and access stories? The AI Upgrade is for you!
The AI Upgrade
Ep. 18 – Unleashing AI in Video with Stacie Chan
Stacie Chan has worked as a television and voiceover actor, reporter in California, Google Product Partnerships Manager, and as the recently exited co-founder of the successful text-to-video startup Vidiofy.ai. But above all, Stacie considers herself a storyteller. That’s the mindset she brings to her new role as VP of Business & Growth at Haiper, a video-generation platform powered by AI. On this week’s episode of The Upgrade, host Peter Bittner talked with Stacie about launching a startup, the multiple use cases for producing video with AI, and a powerful argument for embracing AI as part of your workflow.
Show Notes:
(1:02) Stacie’s journey from actor to reporter to AI video entrepreneur
(3:38) Launching a tech startup in your mid-30s
(6:44) How Stacie and her team developed the product offering of their company VideoFi
(8:48) Stacie explains how Haiper, the new company she works with, generates videos with AI
(12:03) The business side of launching a video-oriented company
(15:47) An argument for how AI can help everyone
(16:46) As a former voiceover actress, Stacie share her concerns – and what excites her – about how AI will affect voice actors
(18:46) How to get over the fear many have about AI
(23:47) Stacie and Peter lay out how leaders and working professionals can incorporate AI into their workflow
(26:45) AI notetakers and how you can create your own virtual work universe
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