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Researchers Use AI to Generate Images Based on People’s Brain Activity

March 8, 2023 by What if..?

https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxje8n/researchers-use-ai-to-generate-images-based-on-peoples-brain-activity?utm_source=tldrnewsletter Yes we must have been a pain to work with. We did have a sense of superiority, sometimes an attitude. We could be maybe a little childish. We were a tightly knit group of creatively motivated men (and women). Sometimes we were a law unto ourselves. In our ‘studios’ we played and preened but … [Read more…]

Posted in: speculations Tagged: artificial intelligence, creativity, future of work

Idle no more: how automatic mouse jigglers are taking on nosy bosses

March 6, 2023 by What if..?

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/mar/05/idle-no-more-how-automatic-mouse-jigglers-are-taking-on-nosy-bosses He felt a little guilty. But then again… He’d make it up. He probably already had. what about that evening he finished the report? After all now they were all WfGH (Working from Global Homes), work hours, time itself was a weird thing. And it wasn’t his fault that the evening match was on … [Read more…]

Posted in: speculations Tagged: artificial intelligence, future of work, metaverse, Surveillance

Prog.ai wants to help recruiters find technical talent by inferring skills from GitHub code

March 5, 2023 by What if..?

https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/03/prog-ai-wants-to-help-recruiters-find-technical-talent-by-inferring-skills-from-github-code/ The portfolio School was worth it. My degree was a great foundation but I wasn’t going to get a job without a Book and one that was optimised right. If you look at my Book you see ads: art direction, copy, inisghts. But you’re not the one doing the recruiting are you? The School … [Read more…]

Posted in: speculations Tagged: artificial intelligence, creativity, education

When AI Handles the What, Your Team Can Focus on the Why

March 2, 2023 by What if..?

https://www.adweek.com/agencies/when-ai-handles-the-what-your-team-can-focus-on-the-why/ Gizza job. Go on, gizza job. I can do that. Here I am, in the metaphorical corner with my partner while over there, they’re doing the sexy, groovy stuff. The deep, meaningful stuff. They’re focusing on the Big picture. developing the Big business ideas and then they pass them on to us to make … [Read more…]

Posted in: speculations Tagged: artificial intelligence, creativity, future of work

D-ID unveils new chat API to enable face-to-face conversations with an AI digital human

March 1, 2023 by What if..?

https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/28/d-id-unveils-new-chat-api-to-enable-face-to-face-conversations-with-an-ai-digital-human It’s a bit disorientating. It’s not that I mind having her/him/it as a boss. Heh, frankly I’ve had far worse human ones! They answer messages and don’t have moods when their political machinations haven’t worked out. But I’m never sure who I’m going to talk to. “Who”? “Talk to”? I’m getting old. I had … [Read more…]

Posted in: speculations Tagged: artificial intelligence, future of work

On the internet, nobody knows you’re a human

February 27, 2023 by What if..?

https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/24/23608961/tiktok-creator-bot-accusation-prove-theyre-human It’s competitive out there. Obviously no-one cares about ‘qualifications’ any more. You’d think that would save you money but do you know how much it costs to keep a profile going, let alone growing? And when you’re competing against creators with limitless energy, time and resources… well it’s a full-time job, without the pay. … [Read more…]

Posted in: speculations Tagged: artificial intelligence, creativity, future of work

Big Tech’s latest assault on ‘copying radio’ now features AI DJs

February 26, 2023 by What if..?

https://the-media-leader.com/spotify-and-youtube-launch-radio-style-features In case you’re wondering who this funny old bloke is, I’m the one who comes on late at night and plays records made by sulky Belgian art students in basements dying of TB. Listening on mobile? don’t worry: somebody tried to tell me that CDs are better than vinyl because they don’t have any … [Read more…]

Posted in: speculations Tagged: artificial intelligence, music

Science fiction publishers are being flooded with AI-generated stories

February 22, 2023 by What if..?

https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/21/clarkesworld-ai-generated-submissions/ Curating took work. He knew he had to do it. If he was going to get the job he wanted, he needed to tend his profile. He knew the theory – the power of networking, the need to engage, comment, connect. He knew this all took work. He’d sat through the workshop. He knew … [Read more…]

Posted in: speculations Tagged: artificial intelligence, creativity, future of work

Roblox wants to let people build virtual worlds just by typing

February 18, 2023 by What if..?

https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/17/roblox-studio-generative-ai/ He loved poetry. No, that’s not quite right, he loved words. He loved what they could do, the effects they had but, more importantly, the pictures they painted. Some of them may have been a bit er… right wing, but he loved the Imagists and their manifesto pledge to “render particulars exactly”. He loved … [Read more…]

Posted in: speculations Tagged: artificial intelligence, creativity, gaming, language

BuzzFeed launches Infinity Quizzes, creating personalized stories powered by OpenAI

February 15, 2023 by What if..?

https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/14/buzzfeed-launches-infinity-quizzes-creating-personalized-stories-powered-by-openai “Alice! Tea’s ready”… “Alice, it’s getting cold”… “Alice!” She tuned them out. “Involved” was too small a word for it. She was deep, deep in the story. Her story. Just her’s. Written for her, personally. “Alice, come down now please”… Just a little bit more. Just a couple. more minutes. She couldn’t leave it … [Read more…]

Posted in: speculations Tagged: artificial intelligence, creativity, narrative
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