Why AI is the ultimate soft power, ChatGPT turns 2, and AI can now create immersive worlds from a single image
Why AI is the ultimate soft power, ChatGPT turns 2, and AI can now create immersive worlds from a single image Written by Fola Yahaya Thought of the week: Why AI is the ultimate soft power Let’s imagine it’s 2025 and a small country on the west coast of Africa has been ‘gifted’ a suite […]
Are we entering a white-collar recession? How close are we to automating manual labour? Plus how to help your kids ace their exams
Are we entering a white-collar recession? How close are we to automating manual labour? Plus how to help your kids ace their exams Written by Fola Yahaya Thought of the week: Are we entering a white-collar recession? Post-Covid, most people are experiencing the negative impact of too much money chasing too many goods. Inflation has […]
Is AI changing how we value work? TikTok wants to replace your creative agency, how AI can make you a better public speaker, Coca Cola’s AI fail…
Is AI changing how we value work? TikTok wants to replace your creative agency, how AI can make you a better public speaker, Coca-Cola’s AI fail… Written by Fola Yahaya Thought of the Week: Is AI destroying the career ladder? Many moons ago, as a bright-eyed intern at the UN, my daily routine was a […]
Why AI makes us guilty until proven innocent, the perception-utility paradox in AI, Altman envisions super-duper AI in 2025 whether we like it or not
Why AI makes us guilty until proven innocent, the perception-utility paradox in AI, Altman envisions super-duper AI in 2025 whether we like it or not Written by Fola Yahaya Thought of the week: Why AI means we’re all guilty until proven innocent Cars piled up in the street after the ‘rain bomb’ that hit Valencia […]
How to AI-proof your kids’ future, how to get AI to do whatever you want, and what a Trump victory means for AI
How to AI-proof your kids’ future, how to get AI to do whatever you want, and what a Trump victory means for AI Written by Fola Yahaya Thought of the week: How to future-proof your children’s education I spent most of the weekend in an Uber, shuttling my son between squash tournament venues, and had […]
Why you should heed Yahaya’s Law, the democratisation of coding, how Google wants to change your mind, and ghosts in the machine
Why you should heed Yahaya’s Law, the democratisation of coding, how Google wants to change your mind, and ghosts in the machine Written by Fola Yahaya Thought of the week: AI is fantastic when you’re rubbish https://youtu.be/OY_tA6Q0DvU Arthur C. Clarke’s assertion that “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” perfectly encapsulates the rapid progress […]
AI development’s pace is quickening, Runway changes animation, software is dead(?), why you do(n’t) need to attend meetings, and Timbaland or Yorke?
AI development’s pace is quickening, Runway changes animation, software is dead(?), why you do(n’t) need to attend meetings, and Timbaland or Yorke? Written by Fola Yahaya Thought of the week: AI development is accelerating Sending out this newsletter each week is always a bittersweet moment. On the one hand, there’s an immense sense of relief […]
From zero to hero: tension at the heart of AI, a better way to measure AI progress, how AI saved me $12,000, why thinking AI is the new generative AIAI development’s pace is quickening, Runway changes animation, software is dead(?), why you do(n’t) need to attend meetings, and Timbaland or Yorke?
From zero to hero: tension at the heart of AI, a better way to measure AI progress, how AI saved me $12,000, why thinking AI is the new generative AI Written by Fola Yahaya Thought of the week: the tension at the heart of AI Brought up on a diet of film classics, I used […]
Workers of the world unite, Meta ups the AI video ante, cloning Duolingo using ChatGPT, and what happens when ALL internet content is AI-generated?
Workers of the world unite, Meta ups the AI video ante, cloning Duolingo using ChatGPT, and what happens when ALL internet content is AI-generated? Written by Fola Yahaya Thought of the week: The internet is dead. Long live AI? I’ve written extensively about Dead Internet Theory — the idea that the internet is slowly being […]
Why we need an AI opt-out, Yuval Harari’s bleak vision of AI, OpenAI’s Advanced Voice Mode changes everything & the pointlessness of AI/VR/AR hardware
Why we need an AI opt-out, Yuval Harari’s bleak vision of AI, OpenAI’s Advanced Voice Mode changes everything & the pointlessness of AI/VR/AR hardware Written by Fola Yahaya Thought of the week: Why we need an opt-out for AI If you’ve used Apple, Google or Microsoft products recently, you’ll have noticed how AI is becoming […]