# CTRL + ALT + CREATE: How AI Is Reshaping the Creative Process

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**Date:** March 13, 2026 · 10:30 PM  
**Location:** Hilton Austin Downtown / Room 410  
**Format:** Core Conversation  
**Track:** Culture  
**Reviews:** 0

## Speakers

- **Zac Clark** — Recording Artist & Touring Musician
- **Mike Pell** — Envisioneer. Author. Outlaw.

A tech titan and a touring musician dig into how AI is making us reconsider creativity—fueling ideas, speeding production, and widening access, while also raising concerns about ownership, authenticity, and sameness. This candid conversation explores where AI elevates human imagination, where it threatens it, and how creators can keep art innovative and human.

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