SurvAIval Insights #37_24

OpenAI's new model is here, Apple intelligence, and Copyright infringements

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Rafa TV
September 14, 2024

Good Saturday, my ro-bro fellas!

Fast weekly summary

  • Apple Intelligence: iPhone 15 Pro and newer models to receive major AI update Prioritizing user privacy

    Features include:

    • Enhanced photo editing

    • Improved Siri capabilities

    • AI-driven productivity tools

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My mini survAIval insight of the week: The "Greek ideal of the multi-faceted individual"

In Plato's "Republic," he proposes that the ideal rulers should be philosophers, emphasizing the importance of broad wisdom in leadership and criticized excessive specialization as potentially harmful to the individual and the state.

Ancient Greeks like Aristotle exemplified the polymath individual, being knowledgeable in diverse fields such as physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, politics, government, ethics, biology, and zoology.

While AI excels at specialized tasks, it's the curious minds of generalists that will ask the right questions and connect disparate ideas, adapt to rapid change, and see the big picture in ways that specialists and AI often cannot.

In an AI-driven world, this versatility and ability to synthesize ideas across disciplines becomes even more powerful.

Here is a well-known example of a generalist:

Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, wasn't a coding genius or a hardware specialist. Instead, his strength lay in connecting seemingly unrelated dots. His calligraphy class in college later inspired Apple's groundbreaking typography in personal computers. By blending technology with liberal arts and design, Jobs revolutionized multiple industries and, lets say it, the World.

We will see how the future evolves, but as we embrace this new era, the future will belong to those who can blend broad knowledge with AI's capabilities, creating a harmonious synergy between human creativity and artificial intelligence.

The chart of the week: The hype cycle for various AI-related technologies

This cool chart shows different AI technologies along the typical hype cycle curve (Innovation Trigger, Peak of Inflated Expectations, Trough of Disillusionment, Slope of Enlightenment, Plateau of Productivity), and it attempts to forecast where different AI technologies are in their development and adoption cycle.

  • Generative AI is placed at the very peak of inflated expectations, reflecting its current status as one of the most hyped AI technologies (expected to reach the Plateau of Productivity in 2 to 5 years).

  • Computer Vision is shown as the most mature AI technology, nearly reaching the Plateau of Productivity.

  • Artificial General Intelligence and Responsible AI, are predicted to take more than 10 years to reach the Plateau of Productivity, indicating their complexity and the challenges involved.

  • Foundation Models, Synthetic Data, and ModelOps are positioned to have nearer-term impacts, being closer to the Trough of Disillusionment or early Slope of Enlightenment.

My News Picks

My Video Picks

  • AI prompt engineering: A deep dive

  • OpenAI Releases GPT “Strawberry”

Tools and Education

  •  Adobe’s version of Sora for the end of the year? Adobe is launching Firefly Video Model, an AI-powered video editing tool, with a limited beta version due later this year.

I hope these insights, news, and tools help you prepare for the future!

Have a really nice weekend and week.

Stay kind.

Rafa TV

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