LIVE LIGHT PODCAST Maryam Aghajani & Dana Moazenie

As discussed in our previous episodes we believe AI has some exciting potential, but we also recognise that it is not without its drawbacks. Along with societal concerns, There are also concerns over AI’s power consumption, and its impact on the environment. In this episode, we discuss a range of concerns related to AI development, including sustainability, power consumption, the cult-like atmosphere of the tech world, potential data scarcity, and the implications of AI for copyright and the art world.
As always we’d love to hear your thoughts, feel free to contact us a livelightpodcast@gmail.com or drop us a DM @live_light_podcast.
As mentioned earlier, here are some links to articles we spoke about during this episode:
https://www.scaleway.com/en/blog/how-sustainable-is-ai/
​​https://www.perplexity.ai/search/2026-AI-data-p5WHafatSneygKa9b6NncA
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-companies-advocates-cult-1234954528/

For our first episode of the new year, we are excited to share our reviews of two outstanding AI-themed exhibitions that have left a lasting impression on both of us. Both exhibitions, “ Life after BOB” by Ian Cheng and NOX by Lawrence Lek curated by LAS art foundation, provided thought-provoking insight into the rapidly-evolving world of AI. Enjoy the ride and as always we’d love to hear your thoughts, feel free to contact us a livelightpodcast@gmail.com or drop us a DM @live_light_podcast.
As mentioned both exhibitions were curated by LAS art foundation.
https://www.las-art.foundation/
Here you can visit the Nox exhibition guide.
https://www.las-art.foundation/explore/nox-exhibition-guide
And finally here you can watch life after bob movie.
https://lifeafterbob.io/

In this episode, we decided to spice things up and explore the unknown! Our curiosity about how Ai could shake up the lighting design game got us brainstorming and crafting some fictional scenarios of what the next five years could bring. We teamed up with our talented friend, screenwriter, Philip Sickmann. As always we’d love to hear your thoughts, feel free to contact us a livelightpodcast@gmail.com or drop us a DM @live_light_podcast.

In this episode, we dive deep into the fascinating world of artificial intelligence and how it's shaping beyond the field of design, its progression, and possibilities. We are both fully aware that this topic is currently making waves in the news, across social media platforms, and even in discussions with our fellow professionals. We both are genuinely captivated by this fresh development and eager to keep ourselves updated on its progression and to see how it will reshape various industries and eventually lighting design. We will discuss a few essays, articles, and podcast episodes focused on this topic( see links below ). We end the episode by leaving you to ponder on the question of embracing the utopian possibilities of AI or being consumed by its possible concerning effects on our societies. As always, we look forward to your insight & feedback. Feel free to send us an email at livelightpodcast@gmail.com or drop us a DM @live_light_podcast. Mark Andreessen Essay “Why AI will save the world ?”https://a16z.com/2023/06/06/ai-will-save-the-world/Making Sense Podcast by Sam Harris #326 - AI & Information Integrity https://samharris.org/episode/SE8850CD15A To Save the Planet, Should We Really Be Moving Slower?https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/to-save-the-planet-should-we-really-be-moving-slower

For our first episode we decided to go back to the beginning, the moment when we all decided that lighting design was the path for us to take and ponder on. We interviewed a few architectural lighting students from Wismar since they are at the beginning of their journey and a few fellow lighting designers with several years of practice. We would like to thank our fellow designers: Carlijn Timmermans from C.Light.Wise in the Netherlands, Mahdis Aliasgari from Lighting Design Collective in Madrid and Fanny Perineau from Licht Kunst Licht in Berlin as well as our dedicated Wismar participants Amir Kamyabi from Iran and Yuri Astakhov from Russia. We eagerly invite you, our listeners, to share your own thoughts and perspectives on the matters we've discussed today. If you're interested in participating, please reach out to us via email livelightpodcast@gmail.com, and we'll provide you with our questionnaire. Once we gather enough responses from all of you, we'll record a follow-up episode to delve deeper into the topic and reflect your invaluable insights.
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This Live Light Podcast is brought to you by two curious minds in the lighting design field Maryam Aghajani and Dana Moazenie. The primary aim of this podcast is to have an open conversation with fellow lighties and discuss the dark spots within this field. Our focus is to give voice to your point of view in hopes of finding solutions to improve our sometimes not-so-sensitive community. In addition, we are eager to explore new trends in technology, thoughts, and disciplines via our conversations with creative minds in our field and from a broader circle.In this episode we would like to introduce ourselves and get a bit more familiar with you, our listeners. We love to hear from you, your feedback, and your stories. Follow us on Instagram Or email us at livelightpodcast@gmail.com