AI & The Culture IRL | Stand Out in an AI World
🎉 AI & The Culture Is Back — In Person at Salesforce
We're back for another edition of AI & The Culture IRL in partnership with Salesforce. This is yet another incredible in-person gathering, hosted at the Salesforce offices in New York City and sponsored by Boldforce.
This Month We Present...
Stand Out in an AI World
AI has made creating easier. Standing out is harder. Learn the creative strategies, human skills, and storytelling principles that will make your work memorable in a sea of AI-generated content.
AI can help almost anyone write a post, generate an image, edit a video, build a presentation, or launch an idea faster than ever.
But when everyone has access to the same powerful tools, what makes your work worth paying attention to?
At this month’s AI & The Culture meetup, we’re talking about what AI can’t automate for you: your perspective, taste, lived experience, creative instincts, relationships, and ability to tell a story that actually makes somebody feel something.
We’ll explore how creatives, founders, educators, filmmakers, entrepreneurs, and storytellers can use AI without allowing their work to become generic, predictable, or lost in an endless feed of AI-generated content.
Together we’ll explore:
✨ How to develop a creative point of view that AI can amplify—not replace
✨ Why taste, storytelling, and cultural context matter even more in the AI era
✨ How to recognize and move beyond generic AI-generated content
✨ Human skills that become more valuable as AI tools get better
✨ Ways to use AI while keeping your voice, personality, and perspective at the center
✨ Practical strategies for creating work people actually remember
The goal isn’t to compete with AI.
It’s to understand what makes you difficult to replicate.
Expect a welcoming room filled with creators, technologists, educators, founders, artists, and curious minds exploring how we can use these tools while protecting—and strengthening—the things that make our work distinctly human.
Who Should Attend?
• Creators and content makers
• Filmmakers, artists, writers, and storytellers
• Educators and community builders
• Entrepreneurs, founders, and consultants
• Marketers, strategists, and creative professionals
• Technologists and AI enthusiasts
• Anyone thinking about how to differentiate themselves in an AI-powered world
Whether you’re brand new to AI or already incorporating it into your work, you’re welcome here.
Come Ready to Build
This won’t be a sit-back-and-scroll kind of evening.
Bring your laptop, something to write with, and a mindset ready to learn, experiment, and share. We’ll be exploring ideas and strategies you can start applying to your own work.
💻 Bring your laptop
📝 Bring a notebook or something to take notes with
🤝 Bring your curiosity and questions
Come ready to learn. Come ready to contribute. Come ready to build.
About AI & The Culture
AI & The Culture is a growing movement exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence, creativity, and culture.
Founded by Shirley Vernae Williams and King Willonius, we connect creatives of color, innovators, and culturally rooted creators through events, education, storytelling, and community.
We’re building spaces where the people shaping culture can also help shape the future of AI.
Come learn. Come connect. Come build.
This gathering represents the next chapter of AI & The Culture — grounded in community, focused on real-world use, and centered on learning together in the room.
Pull up with curiosity. Let's have the important conversations.
Let’s build — together. 💛
About Your Hosts
Shirley Williams-Toney is an award-winning storyteller, AI technologist, and co-founder of AI & The Culture. Her work sits at the intersection of culture, technology, and creative systems, with a focus on helping people use AI tools in ways that support clarity, productivity, and real-world execution.
About King Willonius
King Willonius is a creative technologist and cultural strategist exploring how emerging tools can support storytelling, workflow, and creative expression. Through demos, experimentation, and community-based learning, Will focuses on making AI feel approachable and useful — especially for creatives and innovators who want practical applications without technical overwhelm.
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