SurvAIval Insights #22_24

This is what we have today, fellas!

Fast weekly summary

• Elon Musk gets + $6B for his new AI company. AI supercomputer's unprecedented scale and cost highlights the intense competition and arms race among tech giants.

• Google's new AI Overview feature, designed to provide summaries at the top of search results, has faced widespread criticism for generating inaccurate, misleading, and dangerous information. Again, Google?

• Vox Media and the Atlantic are the next to bow to OpenAI. Legacy media players are split into two groups. One group wants to accept OpenAI's VC money because content scraping is inevitable. The other group, led by the New York Times, refuses to legitimize this practice and has filed several large lawsuits against OpenAI.

My mini survAIval insight of the week

Thoughts for the future:

They say that what gives meaning to humans is feeling useful. What happens when we don’t have to work (fight) to survive and take care of our families? The future may bring a potential lack of meaning for humans.

Huge changes come with emotional distress and adaptation challenges. In moments like these, practicing self-knowledge is important. What better way to do that than by expressing ourselves?

Understanding that we are in an exceptional moment brings a sense of urgency and excitement that can fuel us to move forward. The Second Renaissance is coming!

I think about (and repeat myself) these 3 ideas every day to face this potential scenario, and besides, it helps me stay consistent when motivation disappears!

Check them out here!

The chart of the week

A survey conducted by the Reuters Institute of 12,000 people across Argentina, Denmark, France, Japan, the U.K. and the U.S. found that, though ChatGPT is by far the most recognized AI tool out there, only 53% of those surveyed in the U.S. have heard of it. 

Check out the whole article here.

My News Picks

• Elon Musk Builds AI Gigafactory. AI supercomputer's unprecedented scale and cost highlights the intense competition and arms race among tech giants.

• Vox Media and the Atlantic are the next to bow to OpenAI.

• China Chipmakers Catching Up Fast in AI

• Google Search in Trouble

• Jan Leike joins Anthropic as the new safety head weeks after resigning as OpenAI’s Superaliment co-lead

• Project Greymatter, Apple's upcoming suite of AI tools for WWDC, promises to sprinkle everyday apps with a touch of silicon sentience.

• Woebot, a Mental-Health Chatbot, Tries Out Generative AI

My Video Picks

• How New Technology Creates New Businesses

• AI Mindset, NYU GenAI, & Practical AI

Tools and Education

• Notta Showcase is an AI tool to magically translate your video into 15+ languages while retaining the original voice style.

• Custom GPTs for everyone, and more.

• Udio has a new model capable of two-minute generations with long-term coherence and structure.

• Colormind is an AI-powered color palette generator using deep learning to create color schemes

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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