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Compare the three programs.

Best for
Responsible AI ProfessionalLeaders and practitioners making AI deployment decisions.
Animation AcceleratorAnimators, filmmakers, and creative pros who want a real AI production pipeline.
AI UpgradeCreative professionals rebuilding their whole workflow around AI.
Format
Responsible AI ProfessionalFour live online Friday sessions, with an in-person weekend intensive planned for Cohort 4.
Animation AcceleratorThree live online studio sessions, each with a clear outcome and production homework.
AI UpgradeSix-week live online cohort with coaching and practical workflow builds.
Current status
Responsible AI ProfessionalCohorts 2 and 3 are enrolling for August and September 2026.
Animation AcceleratorCohorts 3 and 4 are enrolling for summer and fall 2026.
AI UpgradeNext BC + AI cohort date to be announced.
You leave with
Responsible AI ProfessionalFour governance artifacts plus a custom Ethics Practice Assistant.
Animation AcceleratorA finished animated short and a reusable Tiny Ghost workflow.
AI UpgradeA personal AI stack, workflow map, and creative process you can keep evolving.

What all three have in common

Practical AI training for people doing real work.

Artifacts, not attendance

Every program ends with usable work: a governance dossier, an animated short, or a rebuilt creative workflow.

Practitioners in the room

The instructors are building governance frameworks, studio pipelines, community screenings, and creative systems in public.

Small cohorts with signal

RAP is built around nearly 30 professionals, Animation filled 17 of 20 paid seats in Cohort 1, and AI Upgrade has trained 200+ creatives.

A community after the cohort

Participants land inside the BC + AI network: office hours, meetups, Film Club, and people who are wrestling with the same work.

Anthonia Ogundele of Ethọ́s Lab takes the stage.
A speaker makes their point under the planetarium lights.
Ideas in motion — another voice from the night's lineup.

Photos: Michelle Diamond

Artifact forge

How a program turns into usable work.

Toggle a track and step through the working arc. The details change by program; the standard does not.

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Governance if you are accountable for AI decisions. Animation if you need a finished short. AI Upgrade if your whole creative workflow needs rebuilding.

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