Hey all! Microsoft is set to announce its latest creation this week, the Large Language Model known as GPT-4. This incredible advancement in AI is expected to be a major step forward from what we’ve seen in ChatGPT. Firstly, GPT-4 will not be limited to just text – it’s set to revolutionise the way we […]
This post is actually a response to one on LinkedIn about Online Communities. The text of which is pasted below: How online communities are changing our world 💻 🌎 Since the Covid-19 pandemic, we have seen a rise in online communities to help make us feel more connected to one another. Online communities are being […]
I wanted to share a concept from my upcoming book ‘Future Hackers‘, specifically from the final section called ‘Next Frontier’. In this section, I explore the topic of ‘Robosexuality‘ and discuss what the journey toward normalising marriage between humans and robots might look like, even though it’s several decades away. One of the pressing points […]
Pundits are forecasting that the future of social media sites will increasingly be built around people’s shared interests, values, and lifestyles. And yes, politics. How about AI that enables a communications platform to deepen the relationships with our most treasured people as opposed to maximising the number of people we connect with? Wouldn’t it be […]
Hey there creative friends! I hope you’re all doing well. I know there’s a lot of buzz about AI these days and how it’s going to take our jobs, but I want to share a different perspective with you. Firstly, let’s talk about the film industry. When CGI technology arrived on the scene, it opened […]
Imagine a world where nothing online can be trusted. We’re reaching that dangerous crossroads, fast. Machine-generated content creator tools are at the heart of 2022-3’s zeitgeist, but are sparking intense debate. Some speculate OpenAI’s ‘ChatGPT‘ natural language processing tool represents the death of school essays, or will put people from programmers to copywriters out of […]
As part of the work I do with ModComms, we often work with Software as a Service clients. That led me to do some research into the trends that SaaS create and their influence on the wider world of business. Here are eight trends where SaaS is making itself felt: The World is SaaSing up […]
In the course of researching my second book, ‘Future Hackers‘, I’ve been playing with OpenAI’s ‘Dall E‘ image generator. It uses natural language input to create any image it’s instructed to create… Took around 30 seconds to generate these images: The instructions I gave it were ‘Create a brochure for an accountancy software company. Use […]
The following text is lifted from the now accepted book proposal to Flint Publishing, a division of the History Press: a) Please write an elevator pitch for your book (in no more than 20 words): Future Hackers is the indispensable guide for curious business leaders to think differently and make informed future-ready choices in a […]
As I continue to develop the ‘Future Hackers’ book, it means finding interesting examples to back up the concepts discussed. In the chapter about ‘Future of Work’, we’re partly looking at critical skills towards 2030. One key skill is ‘Cognitive Flexibility‘ – our capacity to quickly stop one task and move to another or even […]
