https://theaimaze.com/p/using-ai-to-turn-the-web-into-a-database?utm_source=tldrai I got into this job because I was curious about people. Advertising is about people, understanding them, empathising with them, talking with them. I remember a tutor telling the class that if we wanted to make creative stuff for ourselves, there were very good fine art classes elsewhere in the University. We were there … [Read more…]
https://www.thecut.com/article/ai-artificial-intelligence-chatbot-replika-boyfriend.html We’d been together since college. The college had a matchmaking thing. you put in your skills and what you wanted in your partner and heh presto, you were matched. And it was good. A good match. He isn’t perfect but heh we’re a good fit. Partners. We’ve been together for a couple of years … [Read more…]
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…]
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…]
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/06/google-ceo-defends-desk-sharing-policy-says-offices-like-ghost-town.html I’ve seen it all. I’ve seen bosses come and go, bright young things brimming with enthusiasm and stock options burn the midnight oil. I’ve seen bubbles and busts and numerous pivots. I’ve just kept on doing my job, keeping it all ticking along. Even during the pandemic I was here. Me and a select … [Read more…]
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…]
https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/pick-week-asda-dispels-food-panic-well-placed-humour/1815014 She’d always wanted to be on the Foreign Desk. Big stories, important events, world-shaking news. Hard-bitten hacks who’ve covered every war, famine, crisis and coup. Battle scarred but determined to be there, cover everything. In her mind she heard old-fashioned phones ringing, fax machines churning out the latest. She saw them ripping, reading and … [Read more…]
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…]
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…]
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…]