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Hacking The Heart: Creative Technologist on Emotional Digital Intelligence, Omar Karim

Hacking The Heart: Creative Technologist on Emotional Digital Intelligence, Omar Karim

Technically Creative by KoobrikLabs vor 1 Jahr

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In this week’s episode, Orlando sits down with AI Creative
Technologist (Ex Meta, Ex R/GA, Ex Anomaly) and artist Omar Karim
to explore the messy, playful, and sometimes deeply personal
intersection of human emotion and machine intelligence.

Omar, whose unconventional career has taken him from
groundbreaking ad agencies to leading creative tech at Meta,
discusses the art of experimentation – why it’s the secret sauce
in a world of generative AI, and how he’s turned tools meant for
productivity into vessels for performance art and emotional
exploration. The conversation delves into Omar’s viral “Mum AI”
project – a digital companion built not just to automate, but to
nurture and heal – and what it taught him about the limits and
potential of emotional AI.

Orlando and Omar unpack the punk, pirate attitude behind creative
repurposing of technology, the value of lateral thinking, and why
failure is a necessary ingredient for innovation. The episode
moves fluidly from the philosophical (what kind of questions
are worth asking AI?) to the practical (the wild
world of 3D printing, emotional feedback loops, and museum
“heists” made possible by generative models).

Expect candid insights on what makes creativity truly human, how
digital tools can be bent into unexpected shapes, and why the
most interesting uses of AI are often the least expected.

Orlando & Omar cover:

How Omar’s playful approach to experimentation unlocks new
possibilities for tech, art, and emotion

The story behind Mum AI - building a digital companion that
offered real support and sparked global conversations

Why failure, creative risk, and lateral thinking are
essential in an era of generative tools

The ethics and artistry behind Omar’s digital “museum heist”
and 3D-printed artifacts

Why emotional intelligence, intuition, and a punk attitude
matter more than ever in creative technology

Useful Links

Omar Karim’s website: https://omarkarim.party/

Follow Omar on Instagram: Omar Karim (@arthur_chance) •
Instagram photos and videos

KoobrikLabs website: KoobrikLabs - KoobrikLabs

Connect with Orlando on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/orlando-wood/