1 day agoSimple Rules, Complex ResultsListening to Lex Fridman’s podcast with guest Stephen Wolfram, I really liked a particle surprise that Stephen had — that simple rules can lead to complex outcomes. Life, physics, and even large language models are predicated on simple rules. However, the results can be extremely complex and diverse. It might…Stephen Wolfram1 min readStephen Wolfram1 min read
2 days agoDALL-E3I’ve been following generative AI for imagery for several years, including looking at DALL-E when it was just a demo. While offerings like Stable Diffusion and Midjourney seem to surpass DALL-E’s capabilities, the race isn’t over. From the latest demo of DALL-E, there are a few features that might turn…Dall E31 min readDall E31 min read
3 days agoThought to TextWe’re probably 7 years from being able to reliably use thought control as an input. About 12 years ago, my friend Sunny was showing me a brain wave band he was using to try to control a drone. The band was unreliable and while since then other commercially available devices…Mind Reading1 min readMind Reading1 min read
4 days agoMore FPS’sNVIDIA came out with a new technology that can generate frames on the fly at rates above 100 FPS and in 4K. You can check it out on another great Two Minute Papers video here: What this is going ot mean is that generative AI will be able to…Generative Ai1 min readGenerative Ai1 min read
Sep 17Salt Acid Fat Heat AnalogsRecently, my daughter binged watched the series Salt Acid Fat Heat. She ended up asking for everything to include some combination of this. What I love about Samin Nosrat’s analysis of cooking is that it breaks down all the complexity of cooking into a simple rule that can result in…Advice3 min readAdvice3 min read
Sep 16Prompt Writing As A Service (PWaaS)If you think prompt writing is what makes you human (nobody thinks that), then, then you might want to start looking for the next proof of humanity. Prompt writing or “prompt engineering” is the creation of prompts of generative AI services like ChatGPT or Midjourney. People can whisper to these…Prompt Writing2 min readPrompt Writing2 min read
Sep 15AI-Generated Rosh Hashanah Greeting CardsThe teachers of two of our kids asked us to write greeting cards for Rosh Hashanah and put them in their bags to be given to the kids during their last classes before the holidays. More homework for parents. Then, I remembered that I use Midjourney almost every day. This…Rosh Hashanah3 min readRosh Hashanah3 min read
Sep 13Set A Timer For…Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant devices can do many things. However, only a short head of features get used. Music, alarms, weather are probably the top features along with activating different modes based on power users. However, some interactions require Internet connectivity and some interactions don’t. With the current state…Timer1 min readTimer1 min read
Sep 10Extreme SpicinessAfter reports of a teen dying after taking an extremely hot spice challenge, it made me think about the machismo around extreme experiences. In the Peak End Cognitive Bias, people remember the most intense and the end parts of an experience. Maybe this is why they we’re driven to being…Spiciness2 min readSpiciness2 min read
Sep 9The Deluge is ComingA huge wave of content is heading towards us. We’re already starting to see it with spammy content and AI generated articles. Now, images are being generated at an enormous place and changing the landscape of stock images. By the end of 2024, we’re likely to see huge amounts of…Ti̇ktok2 min readTi̇ktok2 min read
