AI keeps cleaning up, but not literally (yet)
Tom Popomaronis
Innovation Leader | GenAI Expert | HBR Contributor | 40 Under 40 | Host of TomTalks??
#AI news with an #innovation POV? Yes, please.
Robot housekeepers? No, thanks.
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Big news of the week
Tool you've gotta try: textFX
textFX from Google in collaboration with Grammy winner Lupe Fiasco (link )
What it does: Gives text-based creativity a boost
Who it's for: Artists, writers, gen-AI enthusiasts
Why it's cool: Great case study for how language models can be modified for specific uses, and to serve specific communities
What to watch out for
Deepfakes have been a disturbing reality for several years already .
The problem is that now the tech is getting better at the same time as it's getting more accessible. I'm not sure I agree with this headline (The next wave of scams will be deepfake video calls from your boss ), but I only say that because there are going to be a lot more ways to use deepfakes for illegal and unethical purposes than just pretending to be someone's boss.
Meanwhile, anti-deepfake legislation is problematic.
Just know that companies have already lost millions to these kinds of scams, but you won't hear much about it (because frankly, it'd be embarrassing to admit). The least you can do is put deepfakes into the threat category of your AI awareness framework and try to stay up-to-date on what risks it can present to your organization.
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TomTalks?? about robots
BBC asked, "How long until a robot is doing your chores?" (link )
Sorry, BBC, but where have you been?
Did you forget about the:
And please don't tell me you don't know about the Litter-Robot for housecats!
I get it: The article is really talking about humanoid robots that would be able to do basically all of the above, and then some. In that case, the answer to "how long" is probably forever.
Think about it this way: for the likely price of a humanoid robot that will make your coffee, answer your door, sweep your floor, mow your grass, shovel your walk, and weed your garden, you can today buy individual items that will accomplish all of those things automatically.
And isn't that better? If your automatic coffee machine needs an update, that's not going to prevent your Ring doorbell from working, or your Roomba from keeping the floor clean. But if you were relying on a single robot for all those tasks, then any glitch/bug/failure puts the brakes on everything.
Undoubtedly, there will be some good uses for humanoid robots in the future. I just don't see household chores being among them.
?? Quote of the week:
Using AI, sometimes it helps me. Sometimes it's chaos. Other times actually, it comes up with a couple of things that I can use.
- A high school student in Gwinnett County, Georgia, where AI is being fully embraced by the faculty
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1 年an interesting read!