On June 15th we followed up on ChatGPT to look more generally at AI apps, browser extensions and web services. We have been using AI Apps for years in the form of digital assistants such as Siri, (Apple), Cortana (Microsoft), Alexa (Amazon) and Google Assistant. These listen to your spoken query or command and respond to it if they can (e.g.) “Set the alarm for ten minutes from now” or they convert your speech to text in the case of dictation. However, they are not good at complex Internet searches – especially those involving names.
Translation Apps use AI and are learning all the time from language usage and officially translated texts such as EU documents. They are available as Browser extensions, standalone Apps or web services:
Google Translate: https://translate.google.com/
Deepl https://www.deepl.com/translator
Microsoft / Bing Translator : https://translator.microsoft.com/
Specialised Apps and Services
Here are some recommended by these review sites: https://www.devteam.space/blog/10-best-ai-apps/
https://beebom.com/best-ai-apps/
Socratic: https://socratic.org
This is “an AI-powered app to help students with math and other homework, and Google has recently disclosed that it has acquired this app. Students can take pictures using their phone camera, subsequently, Socratic uses its AI capabilities to provide visual explanations for the concepts that students need to learn. Socratic uses text and speech recognition, and it can support learning science, math, literature, social studies, etc. This app is available on Android and iOS, and it’s compatible with the iPad.”
Replika: My AI Friend https://replika.com
“Replika remains one of the best AI mobile apps on Android and iOS. Replika AI was one of the first apps to get recognition in the AI chatbot scene worldwide. Replika AI is a full-scale chatbot with a strong focus on relationships and providing companionship to users. While you only talk to ChatGPT like an acquaintance, you can become friends with Replika and even progress to lovers through the paid subscription.”
You can get this App for iOS, Android and Oculus (Virtual reality headset!) from the App store – It is distinctly creepy and disturbing that people can be manipulated into a cyber sexual relationship with a chatbot – and pay money to make it more stimulating – as investigated in this video: https://youtu.be/uyrhmVSKwxE?t=312
Murf: https://murf.ai
“Murf enables anyone to convert text to speech, voice-overs, and dictations, and it is used by a wide range of professionals like product developers, podcasters, educators, and business leaders. Murf offers a lot of customization options to help you create the best natural-sounding voices. It has a variety of voices and dialects that you can choose from, as well as an easy-to-use interface.”
Synthesia : https://www.synthesia.io
“This is an AI video generation platform that enables you to quickly create videos with AI avatars. The platform includes 120 languages, 140 avatars (and you can create your own) various templates, a screen recorder, a media library, and much more. There’s no need for complex video equipment or filming locations.”
The website shows a comprehensive “How to use Synthesia” video, and other examples. It looked quite impressive.
Elsa: https://elsaspeak.com/en/
“a popular AI-powered app to learn how to speak (American) English. Users of this app can learn how to speak English and pronounce English words with the help of short dialogues. AI helps them with instant feedback, therefore, they can expect to make quick progress”.
Chatbot Search: We played with:
Bing chat in Edge: https://bing.com/chat
You.com https://you.com/
“Protects your data while you browse the web. A search engine free of tracking and invasive ads.” The company is secretive about the technology it uses. The project includes You Write (AI assistant for writing) and You Imagine (Image creation tool) as well as 150 AI apps which users can rate and provide feedback on. It looks very interesting.
WebChatGPT: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/webchatgpt-chatgpt-with-i/lpfemeioodjbpieminkklglpmhlngfcn
This is a browser extension to ChatGPT. It is supposed to enable Chat GPT to connect to the Internet to use information created after its expired training period. It gave some weird results when we asked it about the Jávea Computer Club, indiscriminately mixing up information
ChatGPT in Google Docs
You can integrate ChatGPT into Google docs: https://gptforwork.com It seems useful for tidying up spreadsheet lists and the like. The website gives some informative examples of what it can do. However, the integration is quite a tricky process since you have to install the ChatGPT API to make it work.
However, this should be used with care in creating documents -It was reported to have fabricated cases used in an American Lawyer’s brief!
https://www.silicon.co.uk/e-innovation/artificial-intelligence/lawyer-chatgpt-514023
ChatGPT and other Large Language models are self-destructing! When ChatGPT is trained on information it itself has created, errors and hallucinations compound and eventually the model will collapse. Like a snake eating its own tail. https://venturebeat.com/ai/the-ai-feedback-loop-researchers-warn-of-model-collapse-as-ai-trains-on-ai-generated-content/
There are also developments in other types of neural networks to underpin AI which are less power-hungry, and hopefully less prone to error. Perhaps ChatGPT will bust like the DotCom boom and bust.
Christine Betterton-Jones Knowledge Junkie