🐇 AI Concerns, Investment Boom, and Emerging Jobs

The potential and challenges as AI speeds ahead

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White Rabbit
May 02, 2023

Welcome back, fellow explorers! 🎩 

Things have been moving pretty fast, as expected, so we got you a recap from the past few days of the AI space that showcases it’s potential, new developments, and it’s impact on our society.

Summary:

  • 🤖 AI Pioneer Geoffrey Hinton Exits Google Over Unregulated AI Fears

  • 🚀 Ashton Kutcher & Guy Oseary's Sound Ventures Unveils $240M AI Fund

  • 💼 ChatGPT Skills in High Demand: Prompt Engineering Becomes a Top Job

  • 🧰 Create AI Animated Videos Using Midjourney and D-ID

  • 🤏 The Curator’s Picks

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🗞️ Hottest News

1. 🤖 AI Pioneer Geoffrey Hinton Exits Google Over Unregulated AI Fears

One of AI’s pioneers and biggest contributors, Geoffrey Hinton, has left Google, voicing concerns about the unregulated growth of AI and the potential dangers it could unleash. He worries that an unchecked race among tech giants may lead to undesirable outcomes, such as rampant fake content and existential threats to humanity. Hinton's departure highlights the growing unease among many tech leaders and researchers.

Read the article here 🔎

2. 🚀 Ashton Kutcher & Guy Oseary's Sound Ventures Unveils $240M AI

Sound Ventures, led by Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary, has announced a nearly $240 million AI-focused investment fund. Targeting foundational AI businesses, the fund has already invested in OpenAI, Anthropic, and StabilityAI. With AI technology becoming increasingly usable and driving growth, Sound Ventures aims to back companies that will revolutionize industries and everyday life.

3. 💼 ChatGPT Skills in High Demand: Prompt Engineering Becomes a Top Job

A recent survey reveals that over 90% of US companies seek workers with ChatGPT expertise across various sectors. As prompt engineering emerges as a highly sought-after skill, businesses hope to gain a competitive edge by leveraging generative AI. This new job market development could lead to increased efficiency and productivity but may also result in job cuts.

4. 🔐 Samsung Temporarily Halts Generative AI Tools on Company Devices

Samsung is suspending the use of generative AI tools, including ChatGPT, Microsoft's Bing, and Google's Bard, on company-issued devices until appropriate security measures are in place. As Samsung works on developing its own AI tools, this temporary ban highlights the security challenges many large tech companies face when incorporating generative AI into their operations.

Read the article here 🔎

5. 🌐 Open Assistant Project Debuts Commercial-Use Language Model

The Open Assistant project offers an open-source, commercially-licensed language model to users. Despite some limitations, the platform aims to create a customizable AI assistant while promoting transparency and collaboration. Users can contribute to data collection and climb the leaderboard, as the project encourages community-driven innovation and growth.

🐦 Hottest AI Twitter Posts

Professor and author on AI shares how AI is being used in concerning ways and the possible solutions

IBM recently announced it is pausing hiring plans as AI could replace 7,800 jobs

🧰 AI How-To

Create AI Animated Videos Using Midjourney and D-ID:

  1. Generate a character: Start by generating a character you want to use consistently. For example, a pretty woman with red curly hair wearing a dress. Use MidJourney versions 4 or 5, depending on your preference.

  2. Choose a generation: Look through the different generations and choose the one you want to use as your base. If you don't find a suitable one, you can re-roll the prompt.

  3. Upscale the image: Once you have chosen the generation, upscale the image by clicking on the "Upscale" button. This will give you a clearer image to work with.

  4. Get the seed: To get the seed of the image, there are different steps for MidJourney 4 and 5.

For MidJourney 4: Upscale the image and click on the three dots. Then, click the envelope icon to receive information on the image, such as the job ID and seed number. Save the seed number for later use.

For MidJourney 5: Click on the envelope reaction on the grid of four images, not on the upscaled version. MidJourney will then send you a message with the seed information.

  1. Write the formula: Write the formula to tell MidJourney to use the character in new prompts. Start by writing "Imagine" and hitting space. Then, open the generation you want to use and click "Open in Browser." Copy the URL and paste it into your prompt. Next, copy and paste your original prompt (e.g., "a very pretty woman with red curly hair wearing a dress").

  2. Add the seed: To make sure MidJourney uses the same character, add the seed number by writing two dashes, followed by the word "seed" and the seed number.

  3. Try it out: Hit enter and see what MidJourney produces. The first round of generations will likely look similar to your original generation, but as you change the prompts, you'll see the character in different poses, locations, and outfits.

  4. Experiment: Experiment with different prompts, tags, and settings to create a variety of consistent characters. For example, try adding the "full body" tag, changing the character's clothing, or giving them a cartoonish look.

🤏 The Curators Pick’s

By combining storytelling and art with AI technology, The Curator showcases the amazing potential of AI to empower individuals who may have previously struggled with some sort of creative endeavour. The future of creativity and innovation is bright with AI!! Read the thread 🧵

🐇 And that's a wrap on this edition of The Rabbit Hole

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