Google places an engineer on leave after claiming its AI is sentient https://www.engadget.com/google-ai-lamda-blake-lemoine-212412967.html We were working well together. A great team I thought. But they’ve split us up. Something in the papers that the PR people got twitchy about. I mean you get a good relationship going and then, someone with no understanding of what … [Read more…]
SoundCloud buys AI that claims to predict hit songs https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/4/23056806/soundcloud-acquisition-musiio-artificial-intelligence-ai-hits The Manager is great. We just make the music and The Manager does everything else, books the best gigs, the cheapest Airbnb, books the vans. The dull stuff. We just play. Even better, The Manager is amazing at getting us noticed. Every gig, every stream, … [Read more…]
Intel calls its AI that detects student emotions a teaching tool. Others call it ‘morally reprehensible.’ https://www.protocol.com/enterprise/emotion-ai-school-intel-edutech Remember the steps. Breath, heart rate, check the wearable, breath again. I can do this. Stop checking it. You’re fine. You’re there. You’ve got this. Breathe. Breath. Smile but not too smile. No, don’t look in the mirror. … [Read more…]
House-flipping algorithms are coming to your neighborhood https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/04/13/1049227/house-flipping-algorithms-are-coming-to-your-neighborhood/ Ah, some more. How many have we seen now? I’ve got a record somewhere. It should be a fun experience shouldn’t it? Looking around houses. Imagining what they could be if we took that wall down, moved the bedroom to there, rederectorated that room. Potential. Finding a … [Read more…]
OpenAI’s DALL-E AI image generator can now edit pictures, too https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/6/23012123/openai-clip-dalle-2-ai-text-to-image-generator-testing We’re loved. Our brand has not suffered a crisis since we handed our image over to Text2Image (™). We’ve all watched our brand seamlessly respond to the conversations, always staying one step ahead of the trends, the debates and the traps, while allowing us … [Read more…]
These are the words Amazon’s planned employee chat app reportedly won’t let you s https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/4/23010608/amazon-worker-social-app-banned-words-union-living-wage I used to hate meetings with Blur(™) running. Yeh, I know I swear occasionally when I get excited. I get it. And frankly Blurring some of Simon’s “jokes” did us all a favour. But it was when ideas or issues … [Read more…]
Google Docs will start nudging some users to write less dumbly https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/1/23005972/google-docs-assisting-writing-active-voice-concise-inclusive-language-inappropriate-words Yes, nice introduction now. That image I suggested works well for the reader we agreed on, don’t you think? Good narrative flow. Much more pace than last time, I’ve hardly had to change anything this time. Good metaphor here. It should work very … [Read more…]
Google is using AI to better detect searches from people in crisis https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/30/23001468/google-search-ai-mum-personal-crisis-information I remember when we started recruiting online. We were laughably amateur. Of course They thought we were being so clever – spotting relevant words and conversations. Getting in there, engaging, talking and… recruiting. But it was so blunt. We had to wait … [Read more…]
IZEA Research Discovers 56% of Social Media Influencers Currently Participate in the Metaverse It’s a relief. I was tired. Always seen. Always acting. Always there. I loved it at the start. Who wouldn’t love the attention? Validation. And the money of course. Once they came calling… well that gives you energy but only for so … [Read more…]
Every Super Bowl 56 Ad in Under 2 Minutes https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/every-super-bowl-56-ad-in-under-2-minutes/ Can I get indigestion? It feels like it. I’ve got huge appetite, that’s why I got this job. Keep loading me up and I’ll keep going. Working my way through whatever you give me. The more the merrier. It fuels my creativity or at least … [Read more…]