Jonas Reed is an editor, moderator, and cultural researcher focused on how technology changes the way creative work is made, valued, and discussed. As editor of Culture Systems, he follows the blurry space between art, media, tools, taste, and labor. Jonas is less interested in hype cycles than in the habits, incentives, and anxieties that sit underneath them. His interviews and essays often explore what creative people are actually doing with new tools, rather than what platforms claim those tools will do. He has moderated conversations with designers, artists, technologists, educators, and critics across conferences, studios, and informal salons. Jonas is known for asking direct questions without turning a discussion into a debate show. At the event, he moderates Is AI Killing Creativity or Just Exposing the Boring Parts?, a panel on the creative industry’s complicated relationship with AI. His role is to keep the conversation grounded, specific, and useful. He pushes panelists to move past easy panic and easy optimism. Expect a conversation that treats AI not as a magic button or a villain, but as a mirror for the creative industry’s deeper problems.