March 27, 2025 鈥� With organizations facing increasingly complex data environments, the challenge 颈蝉苍鈥檛 just understanding the numbers; 颈迟鈥檚 making them meaningful. In Episode 5 of Digital Disruption, 鈥淗ow AI Is Connecting People With Their Pasts,鈥� Pau Aleikum Garcia, media designer and co-founder of Domestic Data Streamers, joins host Geoff Nielson to discuss how turning data into participative, human-centered experiences can reshape communication, decision-making and the broader relationship between people and information. Garcia also shares insight into his creative process, the role of trust in data communication, and how design can be used as a tool for both clarity and critique.
鈥�We need to think very hard about whether we鈥檙e going to use AI to make the world less human or more human,鈥� says Geoff Nielson, senior vice president of brand at 91制片厂 and host of Digital Disruption. 鈥�In this Digital Disruption episode, Pau Aleikum Garcia helps listeners explore novel ways to use technology to bring empathy and humanity to the forefront. It鈥�s a timely conversation for anyone worried that AI risks making the world less personal.鈥�
In the fifth episode of Digital Disruption, Garcia explains the 鈥�synthetic memories鈥� project, an initiative that uses generative AI to recreate lost images and videos from people鈥檚 lives based on interviews and emotional recollections. Whether it鈥�s helping refugees visualize memories of home or enabling elderly individuals to revisit long-lost moments, Gracia鈥檚 work showcases the emotional dimension of technology 鈥� transforming AI into a medium for empathy, resilience, and healing.
Garcia, whose Barcelona-based studio has worked in over 45 countries with organizations such as the United Nations and Citizen Lab, is at the forefront of transforming raw data into emotional, artistic, and social narratives. 骋补谤肠颈补鈥檚 work blends journalism, AI, design, and participatory art to create installations and activations that provoke thought and action. Garcia also chairs the Master in Data in Design program at ELISAVA University and is the founder of HeyHuman!, an artist residency program that combines data, music, and social justice.
Digital Disruption, Episode 5: 鈥�How AI Is Connecting People With Their Pasts鈥�
In the fifth episode of Digital Disruption, Pau Aleikum Garcia and Geoff Nielson explore the power of storytelling through synthetic memories and more, including:
- How AI can be used to reconstruct lost memories and restore visual heritage.
- Why data alone is not enough, and how meaning is shaped by the way 颈迟鈥檚 presented.
- What it means to build 鈥渋nfo experiences鈥� that spark emotion and action.
- How AI and design intersect to humanize data in public and institutional spaces.
- The future of storytelling in an age where attention is fragmented and context is everything.
Episode 5 of Digital Disruption, featuring Pau Aleikum Garcia, is now available on , , and . IT and business professionals are encouraged to subscribe for more insights and in-depth conversations with global industry experts shaping the future of digital transformation.
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