GenAI
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The Weekly: Technology and Art, a conflict in purpose
It has taken me longer to get this edition of The Weekly out. It’s partly because I have been organizing my thoughts around art and technology. I am starting to worry that tech is doing art dirty. I also suspect that technology’s impact on art, is a precursor to tech’s troubling impact on humanity at…
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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: 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: India does not need Generative AI
… and more from this edition of The Weekly. I contend that India does not need to worry about advancing fundamental GenAI research. Instead it needs to worry about knowing how to apply all of computer technology, and not just GenAI, to an Indian context. A tale of two problems: Research and Applications of Gen…
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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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ChatGPT was released on Nov 2022
Saw this post on threads with this plot… At first it looks fine and all, but upon closer inspection, it seems to suggest that ChatGPT was released on/around Jan 2022. ChatGPT was however released on Nov 30, 2022. I am not sure where this plot comes from. The closest I could find was this analysis:…
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Professions Unsung
Vijay admires professionals who engage in high-impact, often under-acknowledged work, characterized by sacrifices and dedication beyond a typical workday. They express their respect by using a line from Tennyson’s “Ulysses” to prompt Midjourney to visualize these workers: a passionate journalist, persevering scuba diver, diligent archaeologist, and resilient geologist.
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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.”
Winter Rant 