AI
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The Weekly: AI Eats AI Research
I am earnestly trying to think and write about anything but AI these days. I was honestly going to write about cricket this week. The recent drama that is engulfing Indian Cricket at the moment is worth talking about. But that will have to wait for something a little more consequential. AI Eats AI Research…
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The Weekly: 996 or AI? Pick.
First things first. Been away for a while. I have probably gone through 3 rounds of burnout this year. Those burnouts triggered an intense re-look at my life and life choices. I will speak to the burnout soon. What I can say is that while I accomplished a lot this year, I am not ending…
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The Weekly: Being Obviously Wrong
… also in this issue: life of legos and eggs, a brief crosspost, and a nagging question. Being obviously wrong, i.e., in a manner that is obvious and clear, can be a strength for automated systems. Because when a machine breaks — digital or mechanical — with a lot of sound and drama, it becomes…
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The Weekly: Schools need to teach Art History
… also in this edition of The Weekly: a dance of water and light and a quick kook at Microsoft’s original logo. Here is an unsubstantiated thesis: One reason society does not invest in art or pay artists is because we do not teach about art or art history in school, like we do math,…
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The Next Big Dud
The Cloud was probably the last “next big thing” from the world of software and computer technology. Before that it was the Social Network and the iPhone before that. I will also throw in eCommerce, streaming, Big Data and SaaS in there. And all of this came after the mother of all big things: the…
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Midjourney on “between a rock and a hard place”
Vijay explored how an AI, Midjourney (MJ), interprets the phrase “stuck between a rock and a hard place.” He experimented with adding “Watercolors,” swapping “stuck” for “trapped,” and removing “stuck.” Regardless of the modifications, MJ consistently depicted open landscapes with rock formations, perhaps suggesting that it interprets the landscape as the “hard place.”
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I broke Midjourney with “a roadmap”
I thought about exploring “roadmaps” as a concept with Midjourney. It did not quite go as planned. I think I broke it!
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Midjourney 2023/10/14: Animals Wearing Robes in Ancient Rome
prompt template I used: “a/an [animal] wearing ancient robes, in Ancient Rome.”
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Midjourney Prompt Engineering: Storybook vs. Sketchbook vs. Watercolors
I found that adding “Storybook Illustration” and “Water colors” allowed the images to be less gloomy. Was it a fluke that qualifiers such “Water colors” produced such effects? I wanted to explore a bit more.
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Midjourney Emoji Week: Oct 2–8, 2023
I love emojis! This might be a cliché, but I consider emojis to be the hieroglyphs of the Internet. In a text-based medium, when measuring character counts, emojis are an efficient way to communicate emotion, ideas and intent. And, they are fun! I love them 😍. So, when @hafeezhaqq on Threads suggested that “prompting just…
Winter Rant 