A.I. (general thread for any AI-related topics)

[Foxbat]

I think both the medical and astronomy examples are good but it's all very niche.

Only a select number of people or organisations will ever pay for a licence to be able to utilise astronomical or medical AI. People with phones that use AI for most irrelevant or puerile things is where the money is at because these customers exist in their hundreds of millions. I'm sure that some people will claim that it 'helps me navigate through my emails' or something similar but, to most, it will just be another toy and another excuse to buy a newer phone. Marketing AI is probably a good way for phone manufacturers to avoid the plateau effect on sales, and correspondingly the mountain of old, perfectly usable phones will steadily increase.

I tested Google Gemini and Apple Intelligence. Here’s which one you should use

Google has given Apple an AI roadmap it should use as it creates Apple Intelligence. Whether it learns from the good and the bad is open to debate.

www.digitaltrends.com

 

[bretbernhoft]

As part of a larger leisure time project, I am researching a story concerned with how computer technologies and human consciousness intersect. To accomplish this, I am relying heavily (although not exclusively) on artificial intelligence. The two (technically three) tools I am using are NotebookLM and NaturalReader. Google Search is also operated by AI and algorithms, which happens to be the third tool I use.

When I begin a research session, I first choose a niche topic within the larger sea of subjects related to my story. I then use Google Search to bring me five to ten pages of results. I will visit each interesting SERP link, one at a time. After skimming through an article and finding something interesting, I copy the text from said article, and paste it into NaturalReader. Which then speaks, with one of dozens of available voices, the text back to me.

By hearing the articles instead of reading them, my note taking ability and overall comprehension have significantly improved. In other words, the text-to-speech service known as "NaturalReader" frees me to more easily multi-task while exploring my story.

I have also download dozens of PDFs found throughout my research. Instead of reading through each document, I upload them in batches of a few dozen to NotebookLM. I then have a text chat with the files, using the AI behind this Google service. I will even copy paste the responses from NotebookLM into NaturalReader for quicker access and understanding.

AI has transformed the quality, efficiency and breadth/depth of my note taking for this writing project.

 

[Cthulhu.Science]

As part of a larger leisure time project, I am researching a story concerned with how computer technologies and human consciousness intersect. To accomplish this, I am relying heavily (although not exclusively) on artificial intelligence. The two (technically three) tools I am using are NotebookLM and NaturalReader. Google Search is also operated by AI and algorithms, which happens to be the third tool I use.

When I begin a research session, I first choose a niche topic within the larger sea of subjects related to my story. I then use Google Search to bring me five to ten pages of results. I will visit each interesting SERP link, one at a time. After skimming through an article and finding something interesting, I copy the text from said article, and paste it into NaturalReader. Which then speaks, with one of dozens of available voices, the text back to me.

By hearing the articles instead of reading them, my note taking ability and overall comprehension have significantly improved. In other words, the text-to-speech service known as "NaturalReader" frees me to more easily multi-task while exploring my story.

I have also download dozens of PDFs found throughout my research. Instead of reading through each document, I upload them in batches of a few dozen to NotebookLM. I then have a text chat with the files, using the AI behind this Google service. I will even copy paste the responses from NotebookLM into NaturalReader for quicker access and understanding.

AI has transformed the quality, efficiency and breadth/depth of my note taking for this writing project.

That's interesting.
My experience is just the opposite. My comprehension and especially my note taking is significantly better when reading something rather than hearing it. I also batch print lots of articles to refer to offline.

But I am usually seeking the answer to a specific question. So I may do research with a different intent than you do. I am looking for an answer, and support for that answer. Many articles are not written in a way that facilitates my needs.

Very, very interesting.

 

[Stephen Palmer]

That's interesting.
My experience is just the opposite. My comprehension and especially my note taking is significantly better when reading something rather than hearing it.

Likewise. But different people have different ways of taking in information. Some are visual, some verbal. When I'm doing online courses, I never watch the videos, I turn the sound off and read the text. Much better retention and comprehension.

 

[Toby Frost]

Wow, someone else does that! Whenever I look for the solution for a problem online and a video comes up, there's a bit of my brain going "Yes, but where's the block of text?"

 

[Astro Pen]

 

[bretbernhoft]

Tonight marks the fifth month of researching text content for my writing/media project. It also turns out I have saved my "notes document" over two thousands times during this period. Here is a screenshot of what I am referring to:

The whole of it is a one hundred and eighty three kilobyte LibreOffice text document utilizing my technique for organizing information.

Several times during this process, I wanted to better understand my own research. So again tonight I uploaded my notes to ChatGPT and NotebookLM, then asked both for a one paragraph summary of the content. Here is what both of them shared in response.

NotebookLM replied with this summary:

"Technology And Human Consciousness" explores the intersection of technology and human consciousness, examining how technology is reshaping our understanding of spirituality, religion, and the nature of reality itself. The book delves into various concepts like technopaganism, technoshamanism, cyber animism, and chaos magick, highlighting how these movements integrate technology into spiritual practices and explore the potential for transcendence through digital means. It examines the blurring boundaries between the physical and digital realms, the emergence of sacred digital spaces, and the concept of a digital afterlife. The book also touches upon the ethical and societal implications of these advancements, raising questions about the future of human consciousness, mind uploading, and the challenges of navigating a world increasingly shaped by technology.

And ChatGPT provided this overview:

The book "Technology and Human Consciousness" explores the evolving interplay between technology and spirituality, delving into topics like technopaganism, technoshamanism, and cyber animism. It examines how technology reshapes spirituality, alters states of consciousness, and fosters concepts like digital afterlife and mind uploading. The text traverses the philosophical and historical roots of these intersections, highlighting the blending of ancient spiritual traditions with modern digital practices. It also discusses cyberspace as a sacred realm, the transformative role of cyberculture, and the integration of magick with technology, raising ethical questions about humanity’s future in a tech-centric world.

This is, generally speaking, "where I am at" for the moment with the research phase of my writing project.

The larger point I am trying to make, perhaps unsuccessfully, is this; I am able to review, summarize and re-express (via text-to-voice media consumption) thousands of sources with the artificial tools mentioned here and in an earlier post. Such a feat would not be possible for me, in the same time frame, without the AI.

 

[Astro Pen]

l this is pretty damned impressive. I am becoming increasingly convinced that AI will replace drugs as a dream/ escape phenomenon.
Does anyone know more about this? It just appeared on a couple of social media threads. Click to play the clip.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1321749222180035

https://fb.watch/wWRDXW

 

[Cthulhu.Science]

l this is pretty damned impressive. I am becoming increasingly convinced that AI will replace drugs as a dream/ escape phenomenon.
Does anyone know more about this? It just appeared on a couple of social media threads. Click to play the clip.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1321749222180035

https://fb.watch/wWRDXW

I might pay money for that software -- if it wasn't a subscription or other ongoing fee platform.
Pretty neat.


[so I guess I'll never have access to that software]

 

[Lumens]

Imagine a real time rendered virtual reality game that you can explore endlessly... Whole universes from simple (spoken) prompts. It's coming.

 

[Cthulhu.Science]

Meanwhile at the office