Richard Lachman

Richard Lachman is the author of the book Digital Wisdom: Searching for Agency in the Age of AI. He is a Professor of Digital Media in at Toronto Metropolitan University, and serves as Director of Zone Learning, a network of 10 incubators across the university. The Gemini-award winning producer is a creative and technical consultant for new media projects, primarily focused on entertainment and transmedia media properties. He holds a doctorate from UNE in Australia, a masters degree from the MIT Media Lab's "Interactive Cinema" group, and a computer-science bachelors degree from MIT.

His projects have included partners such as Discovery Channel Canada, UNICEF, the NFB, CTV, CityTV, and the Banff Centre for the Arts, and his works in the computer games industry have shipped millions of copies and been featured in the New York Times, USA Today and Time Magazine, as well as being part of an exhibition at the American Museum of the Moving Image in New York and the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.

Richard's research interests include the social impact of AI; convergent media; digital documentary; collaborative work; and new forms of storytelling.