What Are Deepfakes? Deepfakes are essentially synthetic media where the likeness of a person in an existing image or video is replaced with someone else’s likeness through AI technologies. This represents AI’s first genuine confrontation with humanity, disrupting the traditional norms of trust and veracity in digital media. The Dark Side: Examples that Haunt Us […]
I had the pleasure of collaborating with the brilliantย Maria Franzoniย recently, and together, we decided to create a series of concise Zoom interviews discussing key future trends. In our fourteenth friendly chat, we dive into a fresh perspective on an innovation that didn’t become widespread until less than 200 years ago – the FLUSH TOILET! In […]
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In an era-defining moment, the robotics startup 1X, backed by OpenAI, has accomplished a formidable feat. Surpassing even the high-flying endeavours of Elon Musk’s Tesla, they’ve pioneered the deployment of the first-ever humanoid robot in a professional setting. The humanoid, known as EVE, has been assigned to a role as security guard at an android […]
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I had the pleasure of collaborating with the brilliant Maria Franzoniย recently, and together, we decided to create a series of concise Zoom interviews discussing key future trends. ๐ In our fifth discussion topic, we delve into the advantages of early adoption of new technologies, which often provide a temporary competitive edge as others work to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
