In a recent episode, we delved into the first wave of technology that was used to create digital influencers like ‘Lil Miquela back in 2016.
Fast forward to today, we’re presented with a whole new set of tools that enable almost anyone to build their own digital influencer.
In this episode, Sinead Bovell and Danny Postma discuss the transformative impact of artificial intelligence on the world of modeling, online creation, and self-representation.
From the rise of AI-generated photos to the democratization of creativity, they discuss the potential of AI in shaping the future of digital expression. Read More
Daily Archives: April 26, 2023
The Anatomy of Autonomy: Why Agents are the next AI Killer App after ChatGPT
“GPTs are General Purpose Technologies”1, but every GPT needs a killer app. Personal Computing needed VisiCalc, the smartphone brought us Uber, Instagram, Pokemon Go and iMessage/WhatsApp, and mRNA research enabled rapid production of the Covid vaccine.
One of the strongest indicators that the post GPT-3 AI wave is more than “just hype” is that the killer apps are already evident, each >$100m opportunities:
- Generative Text for writing – Jasper AI going 0 to $75m ARR in 2 years
- Generative Art for non-artists – Midjourney/Stable Diffusion Multiverses
- Copilot for knowledge workers – both GitHub’s Copilot X and “Copilot for X”
- Conversational AI UX – ChatGPT / Bing Chat, with a long tail of Doc QA startups
The fifth killer app is here, and it is Autonomous Agents. Read More
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12 tentative ideas for US AI policy
About two years ago, I wrote that “it’s difficult to know which ‘intermediate goals’ [e.g. policy goals] we could pursue that, if achieved, would clearly increase the odds of eventual good outcomes from transformative AI.” Much has changed since then, and in this post I give an update on 12 ideas for US policy goals that I tentatively think would increase the odds of good outcomes from transformative AI.
I think the US generally over-regulates, and that most people underrate the enormous benefits of rapid innovation. However, when 50% of the (survey-responding) experts on a specific technology think there is a reasonable chance it will result in outcomes that are “extremely bad (e.g. human extinction),” I think ambitious and thoughtful regulation is warranted. Read More
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