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PLUS: Buzzfeed's Barbie Blunder, Finding a Profitable TikTok Trend, Spiderman's Creepy Smile
Promptbox | Kevin
August 17, 2023
Read time: 4.1 minutes
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šļø In todayās issue:
The Big Story: Can AI Help Animals Find Their Voice?
Prompt Tutorial: Finding a Good TikTok Trend to Promote your Project
AI Tools: 4 New Tools to Supercharge your Business
Images of the Day: Retro Superhero Kitchen Ads
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TRENDING
Top Fintech posts from the weekend š
Shiba Inu officially launches Shibarium decentralized blockchain. Immediately crashes with $1.7M trapped on bridge.
Former President Trump holds $2.8M in Ethereum, updated financial records reveal.
US residents lost $5.9 trillion in wealth last year, more than any other country in the world, says report.
Judge accuses Elon Musk of cozying up to President Trump after refusing to give US Government access to his Twitter account.
US mortgage rates rise to 7.16%, highest since 2001.
Chinese Government kills Intelās acquisition to buy Israeli chip maker for $5.4B
THE BIG STORY
š³ Can AI Help Animals Find Their Voice
Researchers are using machine learning to analyze animal vocalizations and decode how they communicate.
Alex Boersma
Quick Hits
AI Reveals Prairie Dog Complexity: Biologist Con Slobodchikoff's AI analysis showed prairie dogs identify predators with descriptive "words" for size, shape and color.
Social Link to Dolphin Whistles: Denise Herzing uses AI to study dolphin whistles, finding signature whistles act like names. She hopes to advance two-way translation.
Dialects in Naked Mole Rats: Alison Barker's AI model revealed naked mole rats have distinct colony dialects for soft chirps.
Context Key to Deciphering Whales: GaŔper BeguŔ's Project CETI uses drones, robots, and AI to study sperm whales, but translating meaning requires understanding their social world.
āWe are trying to have a really good representation of their world and what is important to them. This gets at a tricky aspect of animal translation ā one that has nothing to do with technology. Itās a philosophical question. To translate what whale sounds mean, we need to figure out what they talk about. But how can we understand a whaleās world?"
Brief: Researchers are turning to AI models in hopes of cracking the codes of animal communication, from prairie dogs to whales. Machine learning can rapidly analyze massive sound data to find patterns and structure carrying meaning. But major challenges remain, like understanding experiences we don't share.
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What's next? AI brings promise for animal translation but major hurdles remain. Still, it can aid conservation and challenge assumptions on intelligence. Perhaps one day, technology will let the natural world speak.
How might you feel if AI could enable fluid conversation with other species? Exciting, comforting, unsettling? What questions would you want to ask?
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Weeks after announcing a partnership with OpenAI, the Associated Press urges caution in using - and reporting on - generative AI tools. Do articles created with AI hurt the believability of the story?
Buzzfeed recently published images of 194 AI-generated Barbie Dolls from every country. Salon claims the images were inaccurate, hurtful and racist. What do you think?
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MEGA [PROMPT] TUTORIAL
Readerās Question:
āHow can I find a good TikTok trend to promote my business?ā
Here we go.
The Prompt:
I want to leverage TikTok trends to promote my [type of business or name of project], but need help identifying promising options that would resonate with my target audience.
My business/project focuses on [describe what your business/project does and its key characteristics]. My target audience is primarily [define target demographics and interests].
Please suggest 2-3 current or emerging TikTok trends that you think could create buzz and engagement for my business among my target audience.
For each recommendation, describe:
- The name of the trend and examples of how it is commonly executed
- How it fits within my business niche and audience interests
- Specific ways I could participate in the trend or make it brand-relevant
In your suggestions, consider trends that are:
- Relevant to [summarize your business niche/area]
- Popular among [summarize your target audience]
- Feasible for me to recreate based on my business offerings
My goal is to leverage TikTok trends to drive awareness, social engagement, and sales. Please provide your top trend recommendations that you think could resonate with my audience and attract attention to my business/project. Include actionable advice for participating in each trend successfully.
Let me know if you need any other details on my business, offerings, audience, or goals.
Tool: Claude AI
*ChatGPT is getting dumber by the day. Weāre switching things up and starting to use Claude to see if we can generate better responses.
Images of the Day
Midjourney
Retro Superhero Kitchen Ads
by SchmingSchmong
To recreate:
It looks like they used vintage Life Magazines as the inspiration so using a simple prompt incorporating that with Wonder Woman we were able to get this. Not all prompts have to be complicated.
retro kitchen appliance ad in magazine, distressed with age, in the style of life magazine circa 1950, featuring wonder woman
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