Moore's Law, AI Video Getting Close, Jony Ive and OpenAI, Talking with Animals

A few news, tools, and stuff to click from the world of artificial intelligence.

Sep 23, 2024

Hey y’all!

It’s Monday and we’re back at it. I hope you had a good weekend of rest and you spent it with those that you love. That’s what it’s all about anyways!

Jensen believes that with the advent of AI things will start to develop even faster, perhaps even faster than Moore’s Law.

AI video is getting impressive. And it’ll only get more high fidelity every year. Eventually we won’t even have a clue about what is built by AI and what is actually filmed and edited in production / post-production.

Women are using ChatGPT less than men. The reasons are pretty diverse.

Amazon has built more advertising tools for folks. How fun.

Microsoft gets burned by Salesforce. Clippy. Nice one.

A thread on 7 free educational courses by Google.

Aza Raskin and Hannah Fry say using AI to communicate with animals could disrupt their behavior and navigation, and we may need a Geneva Convention for cross-species communication.

That would be an interesting development.

As the 2024 election cycle ramps up, at least 26 states have passed or are considering bills regulating the use of generative AI in election-related communications, a new analysis by Axios shows.

Ive has confirmed he’s working with OpenAI for a new hardware device.

AI is having issues with managing home surveillance, apparently unsure of when to call the cops or not. I imagine this has a lot to do with the training of (lack of) data.

Another “Is AI Art” convo except from the other direction.

User interviews via AI and voice.

AI for veterinarians. Eventually they’ll enable ability to talk to animals, right?

Developers are unhappy and it’s not because of AI:

A recent Stack Overflow survey revealed that 80% of developers are unhappy with their jobs, with many reporting feeling burnt out and demoralized. The primary culprit appears to be a combination of factors, including unrealistic expectations, technical debt, bureaucratic obstacles, and a lack of work-life balance.

Electronic Arts (EA) recently demonstrated a new AI-driven concept for user-generated video game content, showcasing how players can create and modify games in real-time using natural language commands.

And the frontier via Fei-Fei Li: