I used to be a Teletubby and a Cyberman. Now I design AI personalities and characters. The link is creating fictional characters that can connect with audiences (and users). We are rapidly moving into a world where we talk to technology—I make those conversations more natural and intuitive.

• Connect with me here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremiahkrage/
• See more about my AI Character work: https://workwith.jeremiahkrage.com/
• A current AI Character-led product I’m helping to design: https://www.vessa.ai/

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PHYSICAL

• An Actor’s Companion: Tools for the Working Actor – Seth Barrish
  Even if you’re not a performer, this is full of actionable approaches to challenging assumptions, getting out of ruts, and breaking up routines so that you bring a fresh creative approach to problems.
• Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers – Leonard Koren
  If you struggle with perfectionism or have a tendency to overwork ideas, this offers a different perspective. If you’ve ever found yourself deeply frustrated by AI that gets close to what you want, but just keeps missing the mark, you may find the celebration of imperfection and incompleteness is a great antidote.
• Anker Vertical Mouse
  I was getting a lot of wrist issues using a traditional mouse. This eliminated that completely. It only took about 5 minutes to get used to the new orientation.

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DIGITAL

• AI for Humans – YouTube show and podcast making AI practical, accessible, and keep it light-hearted. Hosts are both from the media backgrounds, so this skews towards creative outputs. A quick and fun way to keep on top of the latest developments in and applications of AI. I highly recommend the YouTube version as they share lots of visuals.
• DeepLearning.ai – this is a brilliant resource for upskilling in AI. Founded by the delightful Andrew Ng (Google Brain, Baidu, Stanford Uni.) who teaches many of the courses. If you’re interested in building with AI and have some technical facility, this is a great place to learn more from leaders in the field. Most courses are free (with paid certificates).

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INVISIBLE

“Now is the moment to explore these new tools and shape them for the future of storytelling.” — Darren Aronofsky (filmmaker, ‘Pi’ ‘Requiem for a Dream’) talking about AI

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01/14/26