On Thursday, 17 October AI enthusiast Bill Pole gave a fascinating and optimistic presentation on the current and future use of AI by the general public. This generated a lively discussion. Here are his remarks and links.
Hi Margaret, it (giving the prsentation) was a pleasure, and went on longer than I had anticipated, with lots of interesting questions, fears and concerns. I’m no expert by any means, simply a better-informed-than-usual casual user.
Here are some of the links he mentioned or demonstrated:
CoPilot : https://copilot.microsoft.com Microsoft’s AI “Intelligent assistant”
https://claude.ai Claude is a conversational AI chatbot, like Co-Pilot and Chat CPT. It is said to be especially good for writing and authors.
Udio – With Udio, you can use AI to create a song from a text prompt and customize all of the song’s elements — including its length, vocals, lyrics, and more. : https://www.udio.com
https://newprofilepic.com This is an AI driven app which adds filters and effects to modify uploaded profile photos. Here’s the blurb: “NewProfilePic – your amazing profile picture maker. Fresh arrivals weekly. Totally AI-driven. The world around is ever changing and your online image should “.
Tesla.com: https://www.tesla.com Bill looked the state of play and future of self-driving cars.
Note: JCC members might want to know about the top AI consumer apps. This site gives an up-to-date analysis which is revised every six months. There are some interesting trends here! : The
Top 100 Gen AI Consumer Apps https://a16z.com/100-gen-ai-apps-3/