Despite all the reality checks and cautions about AI chatbots, general discussion & development continues to move ahead, discounting worst-case scenarios. Particularly big tech rollouts of new versions – with some new names – for public-facing chatbots. And AI startups even pitching the promise of empathetic-like AI customer-facing agents to businesses (delivering at least better… Continue reading AI chatbot subscriptions – worth $20 a month?
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ChatGPT at one year – we cut our path in moving on
“Our future will be characterized by a tension between copilot (AI as collaborator) and autopilot (humans as sidekick to AI). The latter is more efficient and cheaper in a narrow labor economics sense but troublesome in all sorts of ways.” – Wired > email Newsletter > Steven Levy > Plaintext > The Plain View (December… Continue reading ChatGPT at one year – we cut our path in moving on
Humanity’s final challenge – AI profit?
Much in the news cycle. Much buzz. I’ll expect books and a movie script for something even more epic that The Social Connection. OpenAI’s “bizarre org chart.” Mission creep or mission miscommunication? Was a wizard workers mass exit a real scenario? The twists and turns … Is “the problem posed by superintelligence” really “humanity’s final… Continue reading Humanity’s final challenge – AI profit?
AI voice mimicry – the darkside of fakery
Paraphrasing a famous quote by Mark Twain: A fake video can make it half way around the world before social media even has time to identify it (let alone perhaps take it down). Another dimension to deepfakes – voice clones. A trope in crime and spy thrillers. And now putting voice artists’ jobs at risk.… Continue reading AI voice mimicry – the darkside of fakery
AI prompt engineering – employment opportunities
Prompt engineers are in demand. This article notes salary ranges. • CNBC > makeit > “This is the No. 1 ‘most important’ AI skill you need to know, says MIT expert: ‘You can learn the basics in 2 hours’” by Tom Huddleston Jr. (Sep 22 2023) – Everyone needs to learn prompt engineering. Prompt engineering… Continue reading AI prompt engineering – employment opportunities