Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam · 2025
A live panel discussion and talk show exploring how AI is reshaping creativity, digital communication, and everyday life — unpacking the real opportunities, challenges, and ethical questions for writers, creators, and anyone navigating the modern internet.
HackerNoon hosted an intimate, in-person evening in Thao Dien, Ho Chi Minh City — a panel discussion and talk show exploring how AI is reshaping creativity, digital communication, and daily life.
The conversation unpacked the real opportunities, challenges, and ethical questions that come with living and working alongside AI — with a particular focus on writers, creators, and anyone trying to make sense of the modern internet.
The panel featured Stephen Turban (Co-Founder of Lumiere), Andrew Schwabe (Founder of Saigon A.I.), HackerNoon CEO David Smooke, COO Linh Dao Smooke, and Vicky Giap (General Manager at StoryCo) — five people with genuine insights into technology, creativity, and the ethics defining what comes next. They had the insights. HackerNoon gave them the microphone.











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