Detroit, Flow, and the Soul of the Future

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A Soulful Exploration into the Future

In April 2024 I. "did" my first Summit. Floating on a cruise ship, my first one in the middle of the Bermuda Triangle. To say that something cracked open in me then is an understatement. But in Detroit, it rooted.

Summit Detroit 2025 was not a mere conference. It was a living, breathing remix of purpose, play, and possibility. With the backdrop of a city vibrating with legacy and creativity, it reminded me why I launched Kim’s AI Imaginarium. To help us remember forward.

Steven Kotler kicked things off by unpacking flow states. His session had me day dreaming of portals instead of productivity hacks. Sacred spaces where time bends and intuition leads. Where we reconnect with our deepest, most intelligent selves. It's these portals that emerge from my collaboration with AI, this is where Kim-GPT becomes a partner in reimagining what’s possible and no longer is simply a tool.

Local hero Dan Gilbert hit me with yet another a-ha moment when he very smoothly stated that, the future of business is about stewardship not scale. Business should and will be rooted in community that are hyperlocal, relational, and rooted in responsibility. What up doe? I have no plans to take over the world at the Imaginarium, If anything my goal is to tend to it. One story, one prompt, one collaborative co-creation at a time.

Shepard Fairey and Hank Willis Thomas spoke about public art as public power. Their message was clear: Art isn’t passive. It codes values into the collective nervous system. That’s the energy I want us to build into every model, prompt, workshop, or product that emerges from this AI revolution.

And then Shaka Senghor brought it home with fire: “Wisdom doesn’t come from the center—it rises from the margins.” That’s not a soundbite. It isn't even a mic drop. That’s a spiritual law. And it’s why I center historically excluded communities in my work. Because those who have been silenced often hold the loudest wisdom.

Now let me keep it real: this wasn’t just a weekend of nerdy ideas.

There was the Pizza Jam Room, where I somehow found myself singing loudly backup harmonies (falling off stage and jamming my thumb in the process. It was 1000% worth it). There was the roller disco, where I relived my high school days people-watching and smiling like I knew something sacred. There was the moment The Wailers played and the entire dance floor filled with Detroit legends, tech nerds, artists, and activists became a single, sweaty, collective intelligence.

Me thoroughly enjoying myself pre Pizza Jam Injury. Photo Credit to Dana Bamshad

And the conversations. Oh, the late-night convos that shifted my orbit. New friends. New collaborators. Old friends with new deep dives into what it means to be human and how watching humans celebrate is one of the greatest gifts we can receive.

Summit Detroit inspired me. It clarified me. It reminded me that creativity is not fundamental not ornamental. That imagination is essential. And a reminder that the work I do at this intersection of AI, creativity, and imagination was never about building smarter machines, it’s about becoming better humans.

If you’re reading this and you’re building something brave... If you’re writing, designing, coding, dancing, dreaming.. If you believe the future belongs to those who dare to imagine otherwise...

Let’s talk. Let’s build. Let’s flow.

The mirror is here. So is the map.

And the Imaginarium is open.