137 - How Might Technology Facilitate Co-creation with Other Species & Ecosystems? ft. Jiabao Li

JIABAO LI, ARTIST, INVENTOR, AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

Today on the podcast, we have the pleasure of speaking with Jiabao Li is an artist, inventor, and Associate Professor at Northeastern University. Working across installation, AI, XR, bio-art, performance, and scientific experiment, she investigates more-than-human ecologies, multispecies intelligence, feminist biotechnology, and the ways technology reshapes perception. Her work has been exhibited at the Venice Architecture Biennale, MoMA, Ars Electronica, Exploratorium. Her research has been published at SIGGRAPH, CHI, ISEA, and IEEE VIS. Her TED Talk uncovered how technology mediates the way we perceive reality, and she was named Forbes China 30 Under 30. She holds an MDes in Technology with Distinction from Harvard GSD and previously worked as a designer and inventor at Apple.