Generative AI Just Keeps Getting Better and Better!

Improvements to DALL-E & Neuralink Breakthrough!

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Michael Van Rooyen
05 Apr

readtime: While You Enjoy Your Cup of Coffee

Hey there, coffee-loving career enthusiasts! Grab your favourite mug, fill it to the brim with the elixir of productivity, and get ready to dive into this newsletter. Let's sip, laugh, and discover the delightful blend of AI and career goodness together!"

In case you are new, check out last weeks newsletter as we begun to touch on Generative AI here!

LAST WEEK IN AI

☕This Week’s Top Stories

A couple interesting developments that I think you’ll find interesting!

Generated using DALL-E with the prompt ‘A realistic front on photo of a man riding on a horse in the plains of Africa’

Open AIs DALL-E upgraded to let you edit images within ChatGPT

  • In a Nutshell: DALL-E now lets you add and change things within the image that it spewed out from your original request. This is a significant improvement from having to generate a totally new image if you didn’t like what it gave you in the first instance. Check out below a couple changes I made to this original image that made it more fun!

Add a ferocious lion here chasing the man down, ready to eat him.

Make the mans face more terrified as he is trying to ride away from the ferocious lion

Final image generated using DALL-E after two edit prompts

  • Sip More: Check out this video tutorial here from OpenAI. Note: This is a paid feature with ChartGPT 4.0.

Elon Musk’s Neuralink’s first patient plays Mario Kart with his brain!

  • In a Nutshell: An inspiring story, and just really darn cool; Nolan Arbaugh, the first person in the world to receive Neuralink’s brain implant was not only able to play chess, but also Mario Kart, using just his mind! Nolan is a quadriplegic; so playing the game with a controller was always out of the question, until now! We’re just scratching the surface for the potential use cases for a device like this. Elon Musk suggests the next product will aim to restore blindsight.

☕ Q. How is AI Similar to a cup of coffee?

A. AI is like a cup of coffee because both can prevent your business from sleeping on the job!

This Weeks AI Skill Needed To Survive and Thrive in Your Career in 2024

  • Digital Fluency: Develop a basic understanding of digital tools and platforms. Familiarize yourself with commonly used AI software and technology to boost your productivity and effectiveness.

To gain more skills in this area, keep an eye on our training courses which will be available later this year here.

Stay tuned for more necessary AI Career Skills in our next edition…

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Why don't AI's like instant coffee?

They prefer something with a little more processing time.

AI Funnies

AI FOR YOU IN YOUR WORKPLACE

Tips, Tools & Techniques to help you improve your productivity in your everyday tasks.

GetResponse AI Email Generator

  • What It Does: Create engaging emails in record time with an OpenAI-powered email generator. It works by analyzing the context and purpose of the email, identifying key points to include, and generating a cohesive and natural-sounding message. Benefits include saving time, increasing efficiency, and improving the quality and consistency of email content.

  • Learn More: GetResponse

Notion AI

  • What it Does: Notion AI transforms your Notion workspace by adding powerful AI capabilities, enabling you to create content more easily, quickly summarize text, and extract important insights directly within Notion. It's an evolving tool that integrates smoothly into your workflow, enhancing your productivity without the need to switch apps.

  • Learn More: Notion AI

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There once was a worker named Kate,

Whose career felt stuck in a state.

But AI came along,

Said, "You've got it all wrong!"

Now promotions are knocking at her gate!

AI Limericks

CAREER INSIGHTS

Unlocking Your Potential: Embrace a Growth Mindset for Career Success

Introduction

In today's ever-evolving world, developing a growth mindset is essential for career success. By adopting a mindset focused on continuous learning and improvement, you open doors to new opportunities and expand your potential. Each week, we provide practical tips to help you cultivate a growth mindset and take your career to new heights.

Tip 2: Emphasize Effort and Persistence

Shift your focus from solely focusing on outcomes to valuing effort and persistence. Recognize that success is a result of hard work, dedication, and resilience. Celebrate your progress along the way, and don't be discouraged by setbacks. Each step forward, no matter how small, is a step towards growth.

Check out last weeks newsletter for Tip 1 titled Embracing Challenges!

AI BLOOPERS

AI chatGPT bloopers

Generated by DALL-E

While I plugged the latest innovation in DALL-E above; it still does a terrible job of generating words! The prompt I used for this image was “Design a sleek and modern A4-sized front page for a report titled 'Is an AI-Powered Chatbot the Next Game-Changer for Your Business?”. As you can imagine, I didn't use this image in my report!

Today’s Newsletter has been produced with the assistance of our various AI tools.

Today’s images were produced using DALL-E.