Artificial Intelligence For The Creative Professional

There are a group of companies springing up that are doing for the written word what Dall-E, MidJourney and Craiyon are doing for images, which is to say - enter some core text and let an AI generate the output.

My mind explodes when I see the 'image' results.

I think ‘meh’ - so far - when I see the 'written' results.

I am pretty sure that the engines are as sophisticated as each other, so I wonder if my reaction is more to do with my own abilities - as in I have NO artistic ability when it come to creating images, but I can - and do write - so my bar is higher?

For more background, you might enjoy this from The Verge;

🔗How independent writers are turning to AI

Note - all of the words you read on peoplefirst.business are not created - or even suggested - but any AI tool. (Can you tell?). 😂


On window seat photography

I’m not a photographer but have at times taken a snap out of an airline window. (At least I used to - haven’t been on a plane for nearly three years).

If you want to do it - and maximize your success - Doc has some detailed advice.


The problem with Facebook.

“I am unsure what direction Apple wants to take us, but I can bet my last dollar; I don’t want to be in the future of the Internet that Zuckerberg is trying to build.”

💬 Om Malik

What Om said.


The Billable Hour Is Not Fungible


Tasted as good as they looked.

Flat White

 

Latte


Johnson as Secretary General of NATO!

We really are just trying to flush everything down the crapper, aren’t we?


I have to say - the Iraqi insurgents look quite civilized compared to the American ones …


Interesting warning from Clean My Mac this morning.

Raindrop has been installed for a while. Wonder what changed?


US power companies secretly spending millions to protect profits and fight clean energy.

Count me in the bucket of unsurprised people but when you see it laid out, it is even worse than you thought.

Too much in there to even start to be selective on highlighting nuggets.


Who Is Collecting Data from Your Car?

Yikes.

I mean I know we know this - but when you see it laid out like this you find yourself saying … well …

“Yikes:



Apple will no longer help you set up a dial-up modem on your Mac

Important news for those of us that provide technical support to immediate family.

There’s more work coming your way. 😂


If you think it is taking a long time to nail Trump - consider this;

Matt Gaetz, Under Investigation for Sex With a Minor, Says Women Who Support Abortion Rights Are Too Fat and Ugly to Get Pregnant (Apple Link)

… when was that first reported? Two years ago? Shouldn’t we have investigated by now?


“I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren’t trying to teach us.”

💬 Umberto Eco


Algorithmic nonsense.

Step 1: move away from as many social as you can Step 2: move as much content as you can on an RSS reader

YES!

BUT …

’Content’ won’t be on my RSS reader.

Articles, interesting posts, podcasts, useful links, et al, absolutely.

But ’content’ … nah.