Beyond the Prompt: Building Worlds with AI | Michael Gilday

Building AI Boston hosts Michael Gilday, founder and CEO of Deep Vibe, to discuss how AI is evolving from a tool into a creative partner in storytelling and world-building. Gilday brings a hybrid background spanning television (including early work on ABC's Lost), advertising, and technology leadership at companies like Pegasystems and DataRobot. The conversation centers on Deep Vibe's projects—Taste Networks, The District, and WRXLnoise—which combine AI characters, shared memory systems, custom technology, and human creative direction to construct persistent fictional worlds. Key themes include: how taste, context, and human judgment become more critical as AI capabilities increase; how small creative teams can now produce experiences that previously required massive organizations; the importance of framing AI conversations around creative possibility rather than solely risk; Boston's emerging role in the AI ecosystem; and the value of bridging technologists and creatives. The episode explores whether AI can amplify rather than replace human imagination, and whether AI-powered narratives could create stories that don't have to end. Gilday appears positioned as both a technologist and creative visionary, offering perspective on next-generation AI-powered storytelling and experiences.

Verdict: A thoughtful conversation about AI-powered creativity with a credible guest and forward-looking themes, but limited by show notes that don't reveal the depth of insight, technical specificity, or conversational quality needed to confirm it's a must-listen.

Technology rubric

• Technical accuracy n/a

  Show notes do not provide enough detail about specific technical claims, implementations, or AI methodologies to assess accuracy.

• Insight beyond the headlines 3/5 25%

  The framing around taste and human judgment becoming more important as AI scales, and the idea of persistent fictional worlds, suggests some original thinking beyond typical AI hype, though the notes don't reveal depth of analysis.

• Clarity for non-experts 3/5 19%

  The description uses accessible language and frames concepts (AI as creative partner, persistent worlds) in intuitive terms, though without hearing the episode it's unclear if jargon is minimized in practice.

• Substance 3/5 19%

  The notes indicate multiple concrete projects (Taste Networks, The District, WRXLnoise) and several substantive topics (creative amplification, team scaling, ecosystem building), suggesting solid content, but lack of specific examples or qu

• Delivers on its title 4/5 19%

  Title 'Beyond the Prompt: Building Worlds with AI' is directly addressed through discussion of Deep Vibe's world-building projects, persistent narratives, and AI as creative partner rather than mere tool; the episode appears to fully engage

• Value for time 3/5 19%

  At 48 minutes with a single guest and multiple topics (creativity, technology, Boston ecosystem, future of storytelling), the pacing is likely reasonable but cannot be fully assessed from notes alone; no indication of filler or tight editin

How we score Technology

Worth it if you're interested in how AI can enhance creative work, the future of interactive storytelling, or Boston's tech ecosystem—especially if you're a creator or technologist exploring collaboration between the two fields.

Based on the episode description. AI-generated; it can be wrong.