The UFC Fighter Who Went FullJourney Into AI

Behind The Bots

In this Behind the Bots podcast episode, Charles McCarthy, founder of FullJourney, an advanced AI media creation platform is interviewed. Charles discusses his unique background, which includes early tech work in the 1990s, training in Mixed Martial Arts and fighting in the UFC before focusing on building his startup FullJourney.ai.

Key points covered in the interview include:

- How Charles got into tech at a young age but later pursued MMA and UFC fighting, while continuing to nurture his love for building things

- The inspiration behind creating FullJourney as an all-in-one suite for AI image, video and audio generation

- A look at how FullJourney’s text-to-video feature works using diffusion models and open source tools Charles helped develop

- Examples of the types of AI-generated videos and images possible with FullJourney

- Charles’ views on where AI is headed and potential risks like disruption of jobs and weaponization of AI

- How lessons from MMA training can help developers push past barriers

Listen to the full conversation to learn more about the FullJourney platform and founder Charles McCarthy’s unique perspective on leveraging AI technology.

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