Conversations with the AI matrix sound nuanced and strikingly human. Artificially Intelligent Deep Learning networks are becoming so advanced there is now speculation whether or not it has achieved actual sentience. Yes, my dear friends, the Borg has actually arrived. If you are familiar with Star Trek, you know that…

As we move away from traditional, face-to-face interaction, digital interaction is creating cultural changes on a massive scale. Much like the “mass resignation” was spurred by remote work during the pandemic, where people re-examined their work-life balance, there is another movement afoot in response to digital overload and it is…

With the ubiquitous nature of beautiful things made by machines, AI Gen Art is rapidly changing the way we understand and value beauty. The idea that anyone has access to create stunning artwork has many artists, and regular folk alike, wondering what this means for the things we’ve called beautiful…

A.I. ADVANCEMENTS: Consider the motives of the designers + What it means long term Recently Chris Do of TheFutur posted an impressive poem on Linkedin he had the bot write for him, using Shakespeare as a reference point. Part of the trick was that he primed it with a topic about how to deal with “social media haters.” (see link embedded here.) Chris Do on LinkedIn: #chatgpt #midjourneyart #shakespeare #loveletter | 101 comments How should you respond to the haters- those who spew vile, vitriolic remarks and are only happy when they see others in…www.linkedin.com

You can listen to my conversation with award winning packaging designer Evelio Mattos in this podcast and learn about Midjourney on the following channels in the link below or clicking directly in the link above in Spotify. https://www.packagingunboxd.com/how-designers-are-using-midjourney-to-build-their-businesses-with-sherry-horowitz-the-ai-conjurer-ep-125/ Here’s a summary of the podcast by Evelio Mattos!

I don’t usually publish my poems around here, but since everyone is so excited by what the chatbot can do, I’m staking my claim in terms of poetry for the time being. See my previous post for comparison. https://medium.com/@sherryhorowitz/more-trite-and-hackneyed-ideas-from-chatgpt-6d17e833049c Algorithm Can we avoid corruption in the premise? Something we’ve created…

I spent three years studying poetry under Pulitzer prize laureate Maxine Kumin & the beloved Gerald Stern and other award winning authors. I asked ChatGPT to write a poem that was not in the style of a nursery rhyme. Guess what? It couldn’t. — Here’s how it went when I asked ChatGPT to write a poem: (For comparison see my poem on this topic here. https://medium.com/@sherryhorowitz/my-poem-vs-chatgpt-poem-c69fe6bff85b. I don’t usually post poems, but in this instance, I think it makes a point.)

Here’s the conversation I had with it on January 3, 2023: Hey, can we talk about the kind of wisdom you are programmed with? Sure! I was designed to assist with a wide range of tasks, including answering questions and providing information on a variety of topics. I was trained on a dataset of billions of words, so I can provide information and guidance on many subjects. However, it’s important to keep in mind…

How I Spot AI Writing: 1. My eyes glaze over after the first paragraph. 2. I need to read sentences over and over again. 3. The content sounds logical, but when I’m finished I’m not sure of what it’s saying. 4. There’s a lack of actionable insight, or any insight…