"Just as an artist paints a picture, we can use AI as a tool to build the sustainable, equitable, and innovative world we imagine."
How can historically marginalized communities harness the power of AI to shape their futures and combat algorithmic bias?
If you have a story inside of you, how can you use AI and emerging technology to bring your vision to life?
Today, AI is making the bridge between imagination and reality shorter than ever.
That is why when we ask, “How will AI shape the future?” we must first ask ourselves, “What future do we want?”
Then, just as an artist paints a picture, we can use AI as a tool to build the sustainable, equitable, and innovative world we imagine.
Anatola creates the award winning Sci-Fi Animation film "Afro Algorithms"
2022
Anatola
Araba
With the mantra “imagination is the greatest tool of humanity,” Anatola Araba is an artist, futurist, and award-winning filmmaker who pushes the boundaries of storytelling by fusing art and technology.
Raised in the heart of New York City, Anatola graduated from the prestigious New York University, Tisch School of the Arts. She is on a mission to inform, inspire, and reimagine the world as it could be.
Her renowned film, "Afro Algorithms," is a visionary 3D animated short about artificial intelligence and bias. The project garnered numerous awards across the globe and has made history as the first science fiction short film to be sent to the Moon by Space Blue as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative.
As the founder of Reimagine Story Lab, Anatola is pioneering a new era of diverse and world-class immersive experiences by directing a cutting edge virtual museum on a mission to imagine and catalyze a sustainable future.
Her films and interdisciplinary artworks have exhibited at world renowned institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the Lincoln Center, Art Basel, the Museum of Moving Images, and more.
She has partnered with the likes of Snapchat, Google, and Mozilla to tell innovative stories. Her writing has been published in ELLE and Harper’s Bazaar. Her work has been featured in Vogue and the Wall Street Journal.
Anatola believes that solutions to humanities greatest challenges, from climate change to growing inequality, can be sparked through the transformative power of stories in the same way that leaders at the forefront of space exploration have attributed their original source of inspiration to the possibilities first imagined by science fiction.
Anatola has spoken for the United Nations, Unity for Humanity Summit, Afrotech, and many leading Universities. She has shared the stage with luminaries like Malcom Gladwell and Elizabeth Gilbert, and has interviewed distinguished talent including The Matrix’s Carrie-Anne Moss, Tommy Hilfiger, and Kerry Washington.
