Kris Krüg

BC + AI’s Platform for Canada’s AI Task Force | BC + AI Ecosystem If Ottawa’s foot is on the gas, BC is the brake and steering: ethics, open protocols, and land-rooted practice in every build.

BC could be running AI on clean hydro while everyone else burns coal. We have the water. The power. The talent. Just need the infrastructure investment to match.Ottawa listening for 3 more weeks. Worth telling them what we actually need? vancouver.bc-ai.net/canadas-ai-s... #CleanCompute #AIStrategy

AI in Education Meetup #2 · Luma AI is already in the hallways, homework tabs, and makerspaces. Let’s gather to trade what works, laugh at what didn’t, and shape a BC‑rooted path…

AI is already in the hallways, homework tabs, and makerspaces. Let’s gather to trade what works, laugh at what didn’t, and shape a BC‑rooted path forward.

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Hosted with love by Ethọ́s Lab × BC + AI

AI in Education Meetup #2 · Luma AI is already in the hallways, homework tabs, and makerspaces. Let’s gather to trade what works, laugh at what didn’t, and shape a BC‑rooted path…

The ED + AI initiative inside BC + AI brings people together to slow down, compare notes, and design with care: consent‑first, equity‑minded, place‑rooted.

We’re here to weave practical tools with ethical guardrails so classrooms, after‑school programs, and community labs thrive.

Surrey’s AI scene is on the rise.
From artists to engineers, students to policy nerds—we’re weaving a mycelial network across BC.

Be part of it Oct 14.
Royal Canadian Legion #8. 6-9 PM.

Because AI isn’t just tech... it’s community.
🎟 luma.com/surrey-AI

Cheyenne Rouleau | CreativeMornings/Vancouver IMPORTANT INFORMATION Vancouver Art Gallery has limited seating capacity, so please do not register if you cannot commit to being present. If you have regist...

Kevin Friel will share a few words, and I’ll be in the lobby with Gabriel Zaro & Yin Lau... come say hi, swap notes, and tell us what you’re building. Community vibes by Mark Busse.

→ Creative Mornings tix: creativemornings.com/talks/cheyen...
→ BC + AI Membership: bc-ai.ca/membership/

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This Friday, we’re presenting sponsor at CreativeMornings Vancouver (Vancouver Art Gallery, Oct 3, 8:15-10:15am). It’s our first time taking the big stage as a new org and we’re bringing the same kitchen-table energy that got us here.

Theme: SOFT. Speaker: Cheyenne Rouleau. Music: Ryan McMahon.

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We didn’t wait for permission or a perfect plan.... we started meeting up, sharing tools, asking better questions, and building in public. That’s how BC + AI Ecosystem Association came to life: a member-powered, place-based AI community that puts people over hype.

SIGGRAPH Vancouver mini report: generative VFX spoof and a no‑code game engine that builds worlds in one click. Which demo surprised you more—the Stable Diffusion/Nuke fake TV spot or the AI‑assisted… Stable Diffusion AI VFX & No‑Code Game Engine: SIGGRAPH Vancouver Report

Watch + join the discussion on tools, ethics, and real pipelines.

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#VancouverAI #SIGGRAPH #VFX #GameDev #NoCode #CreativeAI

Live from Vancouver: our SIGGRAPH mini report.

• Generative VFX workflow (Stable Diffusion → Nuke)
• “Creative” no-code engine: procedural worlds, physics, AI text-to-scene, one-click publishing

If you’re exploring AI as a production co-pilot in VFX or gamedev, this one’s for you.

- Join the BC AI Ecosystem Association: https://bc-ai.ca/membership/ - Next Vancouver AI meetup: https://luma.com/vancouver-ai Vancouver AI Hackathon winners turn BC survey data into stories—one… Vancouver AI Hackathon Winners: Data Maps, Real-Time AGI Interfaces & a Community Album

Vancouver AI Hackathon winners turn BC + AI Ecosystem survey data into stories: one builds semantic maps, another an AGI-style data interface, and one drops a full generative album.

Hackathon winners video on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywz0...

Join the BC AI Ecosystem Association: https://bc-ai.ca/membership/ Next Vancouver AI meetup: https://luma.com/vancouver-ai What actually changes at work when the AI buzz fades? Peter Bitner maps the… Peter Bitner on the Future of Work, Upskilling & Real-World Adoption | Vancouver AI Community Meetup

AI projects don’t fail for model reasons they fail for people reasons.

Peter Bitner on literacy, culture, and skills that still pay rent.

#VancouverAI #FutureOfWork #AILiteracy

Watch the meetup talk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUqT...

What does it mean to “put love in the code” and the policy? A powerful Vancouver AI meetup talk: Jos Duncan (Love Now Media) shares a community-first path to ethical AI grounded in love,… Ethical AI: Advocacy, Love & Community Care | Jos Duncan-Ase

Key takeaways from Jos Duncan at Vancouver AI:

• Publish a clear AI ethics policy
• Name the externalities and who bears them.
• Align personal ethics with org policy.
• Advocate: educate, make collective demands, uplift good actors.

Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=noI6...

Vancouver AI tested a new civic design tool: guided meditation built from public data... we breathed, listened, and visualized BC’s AI future encoding ethics, sustainability, radical inclusion, and creativity into memory and action

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Lionel Ringenbach just exposed something at Vancouver AI that'll make you rethink every ChatGPT query you've ever made: 55% of AI requests in code editors are completely wasted. Not inefficient. Not… How Much Power Does AI Really Use? Find Out Here!

new talk by Lionel Ringenbach who's presenting this week at MUTEK Lab in Montreal his WATTSUP with AI tool and project 🌞😎🌻

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The Local Computing Revolution: Here's what Kush pointed out that nobody's discussing: Your M3 MacBook can run a 3-billion parameter model locally. So why is every keystroke going to a cloud API?

Trump's response? Remove all environmental reviews for AI data centers.

The industry's response? Build more nuclear instead of asking why autocomplete needs a power plant.

Eric Schmidt (ex-Google CEO) just admitted the US needs 92 gigawatts of new power just for AI. That's 92 nuclear plants. They've built 2 in the last 30 years.

Sam Altman's response? Invest in small modular reactors so tech companies can build private nuclear plants.

Consciousness isn’t a feature. It’s the knife we’re holding by the blade. Mind, AI & Consciousness - Community Spotlight: Loki Jorgensen

Meet Loki Jorgensen... physicist turned AI philosopher and co-lead of our Mind, AI & Consciousness crew. He cuts past buzzwords to the hard stuff

- What is mind?
- How would we know if a system is conscious?
- What should never be automated, no matter how “smart” it gets?

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Join Vancouver's most authentic AI community for our 19th monthly gathering! This meetup featured Squamish Nation cultural advisor Jonathan Williams opening with traditional ceremony, Surrey AI crew… Vancouver AI Community Recap: July 2025

Ethics by Default, sass by design: we turned GPT gibberish into interpretive dance... catch the proof in 120 seconds of community chaos (ಠ‿ಠ)

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TLDR: Serial builder who shut down AI 51 startups shares brutal truth about AI coding - more output doesn't mean better outcomes. Michael Yagudaev drops unfiltered truth about AI coding at Vancouver… I Built 52 Startups in 52 Weeks with AI Coding Agents - Here's What Actually Works

52 shots, 1 keeper. Most people are still perfecting their ‘About’ page.

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The Vancouver AI scene was fragmented. Corporate events. Academic silos. No place for creators. So I started hosting AI meetups in my studio. 15 months later: - 1000+ attendees - Industry association forming - Indigenous partnerships - Real jobs, real projects, real change ----- Hey internet—it’s Kris Krüg here, founder and host of the Vancouver AI Community and the BC AI Ecosystem project. AI is rewriting the rules of creativity, industry, and society—and over the past 18 months, we’ve been at the center of it, building one of Canada’s most vibrant grassroots tech communities. What makes us different? We’re not chasing AI hype. We’re building human-centered, inclusive, and regenerative futures—with artists, developers, researchers, and Indigenous leaders all around the same fire. This video tells the story of how we: Grew a 1000+ member community through DIY meetups Sparked the creation of a new BC AI Industry Association Formed deep partnerships with Indigenous nations (Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh, and the Indigenomics Institute) Launched real jobs, projects, and ethical AI initiatives Turned uncertainty into collaborative power and creative possibility If you're curious about AI, building community, or where this technology is actually headed, you're in the right place. Let’s build the future we actually want—together. ----- 🤝 JOIN THE MOVEMENT: 📆 Next Vancouver AI Meetup: https://lu.ma/vancouver-ai 🌐 Learn More: https://kriskrug.co 🎞️ Chapters 0:00 – Intro: AI on Our Own Terms 0:12 – Why I Started the Vancouver AI Community 2:15 – Building a Grassroots AI Movement That Includes Everyone 4:11 – How Generative AI is Changing Creative Industries 5:13 – Real Growth: From Studio Meetups to Full-on Ecosystem 6:09 – What’s Next for BC’s AI Future (And How to Get Involved) 🔖 Tags #VancouverAI #CreativeTech #GenerativeAI #CommunityFirst #ResponsibleAI #AIandSociety #IndigenousAI #GrassrootsTech Building BC's AI Innovation Ecosystem: 1000+ Professionals, 18 Months of Growth

This is what it looks like when you refuse to let the future get built by a narrow slice of society. Diverse voices. Honest uncertainty. Every step up for debate. If you want to see what “ecosystem” really means, start here:

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The real risk with AI? That the benefits don’t reach everyone. So we built this thing to make sure it does. That means working with Indigenous nations, creatives, researchers, the whole damn crew.

I dare you to find an ai tech scene this quirky, open, and hilarious.

Open mics, AI dream logs, tie-dye shirts, and people who’d rather pass the mic than talk over you.

If you only watch one thing from the last Vancouver AI community meeetup night, make it this:

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TL;DR What happens when a 500‑million‑dollar Indian footwear dynasty crashes our grassroots meetup? You get Vippal  Kansel—CEO of Vijanta & founder of Impakto Labs—dropping wisdom on building AI‑powered sensor shoes with heart. 🗺️ Chapters 00:00 – Kris intro & why AI hardware needs soul 00:02 – Incoming transmission from the future 00:05 – Vancouver AI Community meetup 00:06 – [Music] 00:09 – Udas intro: Bringing family and community together 00:29 – Meet Vippal: 17-hour flight, Mount Pleasant stage 01:34 – Airport welcome & global connections 02:01 – “Earth is one”: On boundaries, belonging, and breakfast 02:14 – What is a soul? Shoe tech, empathy & emotion 03:08 – Story: Tier 2 India, elephants, and the illuminated store 04:35 – Three generations, one family business 05:40 – Sustainability flex: solar roofs, water harvesting, coffee-waste soles 06:42 – Loyalty, heritage, and empathy in business 07:24 – Community: success barometers and supporting families 08:42 – Passing the mic: Chris on Vipple, Udas, and hardware innovation in Vancouver 09:43 – Credits & applause 🌱 Why this story matters to BC • Hardware‑meets‑Care → Public research shows British Columbians care more about responsible AI than raw hype  • Global‑Local Bridge → Aligns with BC’s push for whole‑ecosystem AI collabs • Regenerative Manufacturing → Mirrors BC+AI’s JEDI stance on open, sustainable innovation BC 💥 Get Involved Comment: What feature would your dream AI shoe have? Share: Tag a hardware hacker who needs this inspo. Join: Upcoming Vancouver AI events → https://lu.ma/vancouver‑ai Credits Director: Kevin Friel Host/Producer: Kris Krüg Guest: Vipple Kzel (Vaganta / Impacto) Music: “Lo‑Fi Cascadia Beats” by Binary Salmon Filmed on unceded Musqueam, Squamish & Tsleil‑Waututh territory This episode is part of BC +AI Industry Association’s Community Spotlight series—amplifying humans who build tech that serves people & planet. #EthicalAI #SensorShoes #BCAI #AssistiveTech #HardwareHacks #SustainableManufacturing AI Shoes That Guide & Heal | Vancouver AI Startup Showcase

Grateful for the way you, Udbhav, and your whole family roll... got my AI kicks on, but what stuck with me most is the heart you travel with.

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Not every week you pick a guy up at YVR after a 17-hour flight, hand him a chai, and end up swapping stories that go way deeper than business. Vippal came to Vancouver for Web Summiut with a trunk full of AI sensor shoes and left with a bigger crew and a real friend.

Inside Vancouver’s exploding AI creative scene, there’s one name you’ll always find behind the camera: Victor Serbin. In this raw, off-script episode, Victor sits down with Kris Krüg—pulling back the curtain on what it actually takes to build, remember, and elevate a true AI community through documentary filmmaking. From all-nighters in the edit cave to breakthrough moments on the event floor, Victor’s vision is a masterclass in how storytelling, creative tech, and authentic community all feed each other. Building Creative AI Community The Art of AI Documentary Filmmaking

Tech is easy... building a new life from scratch is fuckin' hard. Viktor does both, and still manages to catch everyone’s weirdest, proudest moments on for the gram. Glad you made it Vitya. Here’s to more road trips and all-night edits.

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TL;DR: Meet Prajwal Prashanth—17‑year‑old valedictorian, hardware hacker, and living proof that the next generation is shipping ethical, community‑first AI out of basements and brain‑storms, not boardrooms. ----- How to build an AI assistant that sees and speaks? Meet Jarvis—Prawell's project helping the visually impaired using computer vision. ----- In this episode, AI innovator Prawell introduces Jarvis—a wearable voice assistant that sees the world and helps users navigate their surroundings. Demonstrated live at the Vancouver AI Meetup, this Raspberry Pi-powered hat combines voice interaction, real-time image processing, and conversational intelligence to assist the visually impaired. Prajwell also discusses other projects like Genimo (text-to-animation AI) and an educational platform that builds personalized learning roadmaps using AI. ----- 🔍 Topics include: - Real-world applications of large image models - AI for accessibility and assistive tech - Building hardware+software projects with Raspberry Pi - AI in education and youth innovation ----- 📍 Chapters: 0:00 – Intro: 1-2-3-4 0:08 – Meet Prawell: Building AI at 17 0:21 – What is Jarvis? 0:33 – Helping the Visually Impaired with AI 0:46 – Combining Vision + Voice with Raspberry Pi 1:10 – Real-Time Conversations with Jarvis 1:23 – Genimo: Text to Animation AI 1:38 – New Project: AI-Powered Education Platform 1:57 – Personalized Learning with AI 2:04 – Vancouver AI Community Impact ----- 🌱 Why this matters for BC & beyond • Ethical AI in action – real‑world assistive tech, not vaporware. BC’s public wants AI that serves people first Public_Opinion_Research… • Student AI leadership – aligns with our JEDI ethos: diverse, open‑source, regenerative innovation BC AI JEDI Report 16cc6… • Hardware‑software mash‑ups – turbo‑charges BC’s maker culture and keeps talent in‑province State of the BC AI Econ… 💥 Join the movement Smash that Subscribe & 🔔 so you don’t miss future Spotlights. Drop a comment: What’s one ethical‑AI idea you wish existed? Share the vid with an educator, investor, or maker who needs inspiration today. 🧭 Links & Resources • Vancouver AI Meetup calendar → https://lu.ma/vancouver‑ai • BC AI Industry Association roadmap → https://bc-ai.net Credits Director: Viktor Serbin Host/Producer: Kris Krüg @kriskrug Guest Hacker: Prajwal Prashanth Music: Lo‑Fi Cascadia Beats by Binary Salmon Filmed on unceded Musqueam, Squamish & Tsleil‑Waututh territory Student Builds Ethical AI Hat for the Blind  | BC +  AI Community Spotlight Prajwal Prashanth

Watching Prajwal’s projects go from idea to working hardware remind me: innovation isn’t a product, it’s a process. Start weird, stay curious, teach each other.

That’s the only roadmap that’s ever mattered.

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Patterns repeat, but every now and then... someone bends the loop.

This film drops you inside my unscripted workshop at Bass Coast Festival 2025—a geodesic think-tank where ravers, coders, teachers, and artists cracked open AI’s promise and peril. Dear AI, Before We Go Any Further... We Need To Talk About Your Soul

Canada’s new AI Minister says step one is deregulation.
Step two? Military investment.
That’s who’s writing the rules.
Unless we show up and write different ones.

Join the builders. The educators. The resistors. The artists.

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BC + AI: British Columbia’s AI Ecosystem for Innovation & Impact The BC + AI Ecosystem maps BC’s AI startups, labs and investors. Join our events, accelerators and resource library shaping the future of artificial intelligence in British Columbia.

⟦ multi-modal, multi-cultural, radically local, and future-facing ⟧

vancouver.bc-ai.net/ecosystem