Category Archives: Future Trends

Text to Video: “Alexa – tonight, make me a movie that combines Mary Poppins and the Matrix”

Text to Video: “Alexa – tonight, make me a movie that combines Mary Poppins and the Matrix”

That might sound far-fetched, but it's really not. Just yesterday, Chinese e-Commerce giant, Alibaba, released one of the first open-source 'text to video' applications. It's already sparking a flurry of experimentation. You'll see from the video that its output is relatively crude and limited to a few seconds. BUT - it's just the start. Those…

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PALM-E: A Game-Changer for Robotics and a Threat to Jobs?

PALM-E: A Game-Changer for Robotics and a Threat to Jobs?

Hey there! Exciting news! On Monday, Google unveiled their newest robot, PALM-E! It's super powerful, equipped with over 562 billion parameters (that's more than 3 x ChatGPT's), and it can do things that other robots can't. PALM-E can learn from sight, speech and the written word to handle real-world scenarios and plan detailed tasks all…

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THIS WEEK: GPT-4 – The Tool That Will Make You Superhuman!

THIS WEEK: GPT-4 – The Tool That Will Make You Superhuman!

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…

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Loneliness and Online Communities

Loneliness and Online Communities

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…

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