When you read a sentence like this one, your past experience tells you that it’s written by a thinking, feeling human. And, in this case, there is indeed a human typing these words: [Hi, there!] But these days, some sentences that appear remarkably humanlike are actually generated by artificial intelligence systems trained on massive amounts...
Category: Digital trends
Do AI systems really have their own secret language?
A new generation of artificial intelligence (AI) models can produce “creative” images on-demand based on a text prompt. The likes of Imagen, MidJourney, and DALL-E 2 are beginning to change the way creative content is made with implications for copyright and intellectual property. While the output of these models is often striking, it’s hard to...
How to develop a content marketing strategy?
In order to develop an effective content marketing strategy, you will need to firstly identify your target audience and what kind of content they would find useful or interesting. Once you have a good understanding of your target audience, you will need to come up with a plan for creating and distributing engaging content that...
What is consciousness?
Consciousness refers to the state of being aware of and able to think, feel and perceive. It is the ability to be aware of your surroundings and make decisions. It is the ability to be aware of your own thoughts and feelings and to interact with the world around you. Consciousness is thought to be...
Is Google’s LaMDA conscious? A philosopher’s view
LaMDA is Google’s latest artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot. Blake Lemoine, a Google AI engineer, has claimed it is sentient. He’s been put on leave after publishing his conversations with LaMDA. If Lemoine’s claims are true, it would be a milestone in the history of humankind and technological development. Google strongly denies LaMDA has any sentient...
What is a Workation? Should you try one?
A workation is a new trend that is becoming popular among young professionals. It is a combination of work and vacation, usually involving remote work in a location outside of an individual's usual office. For example, someone might work from a beach resort for a week, or from a cabin in the woods for a...
How much does Content Marketing Cost?
Content is key to inbound marketing. Companies need to have content when potential customers contact them. Blog articles, social media posts, as well as white papers, ebooks, webinars, videos and newsletters, case studies, user guides and newsletters are all content that companies require to present themselves in the best possible light to potential customers. Many...
What is a serial novel?
A serial novel is a piece of fiction that is published in numbered installments. You can publish these installments at any time for almost any length of time. However, the most common are weekly or monthly ones. The traditional publication of serialized novels has been by literary magazines, newspapers, or other periodicals. The format has...
Don’t Wait for Silver Bullets for Social Media Reform
I welcome the thoughtful and lively responses to my article from the five correspondents. In writing “How to Fix Social Media,” I hoped not only to lay out a framework for addressing the social and civic problems that social media has created but also to inspire a productive conversation. Judging from the evidence here, the...
Google’s Imagen AI creates photorealistic images from natural text
Text-to-image artificial intelligence programs have been around for a while now. However, a new AI program called Imagen, developed by Google, is able to generate realistic images based on textual descriptions, and the results are pretty impressive. Imagen uses natural language text input to convert input text into embeddings. The text embedded in the image...
