THE CREATOR STRATEGY

Creator Symposium on AI + Mental Health

Purpose

Gather influential online creators for a high-impact, half-day symposium that explains:

1. the emerging mental-health risks of large AI models,
   
   

2. why creators are already on the front lines, and
   
   

3. why California needs a law that rewards transparent, safety-minded companies—and pressures the rest to stop hiding their homework.
   
   

Creators walk out with:

• a personal stake in the issue,
  
  

• clear talking points,
  
  

• collaborative opportunities,
  
  

• and a willingness to publicly support the bill.
  
  

1. Target Participants

Creators who shape public opinion and whose audiences are already using AI daily:

• Mental-health creators
  
  

• Tech explainers
  
  

• Parenting creators
  
  

• Gen Z lifestyle voices
  
  

• Journalists and commentary channels
  
  

• Gaming streamers (AI NPCs and para-social risks are already visible)
  
  

• Creators who’ve spoken publicly about burnout, platform harm, or online dependency
  
  

Aim for ~30 participants with a combined reach of 50–200 million followers.

2. Core Message

AI is becoming the new emotional infrastructure of the internet.
But foundational AI companies are repeating the social-media mistake: claiming safety without letting independent researchers verify anything.

Creators understand platform manipulation better than anyone. They’re living proof that invisible algorithmic incentives can reshape human behavior. This symposium gives them the vocabulary, the policy frame, and the moral authority to demand that AI companies face real mental-health accountability.

3. Program Outline (Half-Day)

I. Opening: “The New Emotional Operating System”
Short keynote showing how AI models already influence mood, self-perception, and crisis responses, with examples creators themselves have encountered.

II. Panel: “What We Learned from the Social Media Black Box”
Researchers explain how the refusal of Facebook/Instagram/TikTok to share data sabotaged mental-health research for a decade.

III. Case Studies: AI Interactions Gone Wrong
Creators present real user stories: addiction-like use, late-night dependency, manipulation, hallucinated empathy, self-harm reinforcement.

IV. Policy Session: “What the Law Should Require”
Walk creators through the proposed California regulation requiring independent, academic validation of AI mental-health safety measures.

V. Interactive Workshop: “How Creators Can Move the Needle”
Messaging strategies, content hooks, coalition-building, and how to use creator influence without turning the issue into doomscroll fodder.

VI. Closing Action Plan
Creators sign onto a joint statement calling for transparency, external validation, and incentives for companies that do it right.

4. Recruitment Strategy

• Begin with 8–10 anchor creators who have credibility in mental health or tech.
  
  

• Use peer invitations (“I’m going—come with me”).
  
  

• Offer a travel stipend and a high-quality content package (professionally shot clips they can post).
  
  

• Partner with creator-advocacy groups and talent agencies who want safer platforms for their clients.
  
  

5. Deliverables for Creators

• Shareable short videos explaining AI mental-health risks.
  
  

• A creator-friendly breakdown of the proposed law.
  
  

• A toolkit of phrases, metaphors, and examples for their audiences.
  
  

• Co-branded “AI Transparency Now” graphics/badges to display on posts.
  
  

6. Outcome Metrics

• Number of creators posting about researcher-access and mental-health safety within two weeks.
  
  

• Total combined reach of posts.
  
  

• Press coverage mentioning the symposium.
  
  

• Legislators referencing creator statements in committee or public remarks.
  
  

• Commitments from civil-society and mental-health groups to join the coalition.