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  • Spooky fun with AI ? From pumpkin carving patterns to Halloween coloring book pages

    Spooky fun with AI ? From pumpkin carving patterns to Halloween coloring book pages

    More fun with AI-powered image generation! I started out trying to generate some patterns for pumpkin carving. The AI (Dall-E 3 in this case) was happy to provide me with images, but clearly it has never carved a pumpkin before! The level of detail was way beyond my ability to carve. Unrealistic for carving purposes?…

  • Brainy Designs: Exploring branding and logo design with Dall-e 3

    Brainy Designs: Exploring branding and logo design with Dall-e 3

    With the power of AI, the phrase “rapid prototyping” is taking on a whole new meaning! Take the image above, this 3d model and rendering would have taken me weeks to plan and create 10 years ago… heck even 1 year ago it would have been a huge undertaking. My mind is starting to get…

  • New goodies coming soon from openai

    New goodies coming soon from openai

    Let’s revel in the exciting news from Reuters in this article. Summary: OpenAI, known for creating the popular chatbot ChatGPT, is planning significant updates to attract more developers by making it cheaper and faster to create software applications using its AI technology. These updates will potentially reduce costs for developers by up to 20 times.…

  • The short & long of the AI rally in equities

    The short & long of the AI rally in equities

    Today, I’d like to explore this article, published by Barings.com. “ChatGPT illustrated that anyone can instruct an AI application to draw a picture in the style of a master painter, summarize findings from medical journals, suggest code for building software applications, and much, much more.“ – Barings.com This is a highly technical article, but that…

  • Is OpenAI really worth $80bn?

    Is OpenAI really worth $80bn?

    Let’s explore this article published by the NY Times in October 2023. Here’s a summary of the article THE FUTURE OF AI STARTUPS IS BRIGHTER THAN EVER! There’s some electrifying news buzzing around the streets of San Francisco. OpenAI, our favorite tech superstar, is in the limelight with talks of boosting its valuation to an…

  • Playing with new Dall-E 3

    Playing with new Dall-E 3

    This brand new image generation model from OpenAI is lightyears ahead of version 2. To give you an idea of what I mean, here’s a comparison using the same prompt. “Drawing of a playful monkey, wearing a space helmet and suit, riding a majestic horse across a lunar landscape. The monkey has a bagel in…

  • Storytime Reinvented: AI-Generated Bedtime Stories

    Storytime Reinvented: AI-Generated Bedtime Stories

    When it comes to the age-old tradition of bedtime stories, most of us have nostalgic memories of a parent or guardian flipping through the worn pages of a cherished children’s book. From tales of adventurous quests to fables imparting moral lessons, bedtime stories have long been a staple in cultivating a child’s imagination and love…

  • How Can AI Help Busy Parents?

    How Can AI Help Busy Parents?

    In the grand juggling act that is parenting, every moment saved is like gold dust. There’s always something to attend to—be it school runs, grocery shopping, or keeping your career on track. While technology sometimes gets a bad rap for distancing family members from one another (who hasn’t seen a restaurant table with everyone glued…

  • AI Writing Styles

    AI Writing Styles

    Art thou bored? Have some fun rewriting stuff using ai. The world is enamored by ChatGPT’s ability to write. The Natural Language Model has the uncanny ability to write in the style of everyone from Edgar Allen Poe to Hulk Hogan. It can be a whole lot of fun to play with, in fact! Take…

  • Creating Images with AI

    Creating Images with AI

    These can be a lot of fun. Especially for tinkerers like myself. It has been fascinating trying all kinds of different prompts and seeing what the AI comes up with. Famously, there are some limitations. The AI image generators are notoriously bad at getting certain parts of people right, such as hands, fingers, and faces.…

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