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This is day 26 of 100 (our goal - 100 consecutive days!) and today we will:

1. share a doodle

2. scare the stuffing out of you

3. splay with image generation

4. leave it here

A drawing of Steve Jobs along with either a Bill Gates or an Elon Musk (or a mashup of both? 🤷‍♂️ ).

More on this below. 👇

👋 Hey, everybody, it's Josh here, and I've got some thoughts on Steve Jobs and his about-to-be-released (and free) posthumous memoir, "Make Something Wonderful: Steve Jobs in his own words."

Now, you might be wondering, what does the founder of Apple and Pixar have to do with Brainyacts and generative AI (GAI)? Well, let me tell you, Jobs was a rebel and an innovator. And if he were still alive today, I bet he would be pushing the boundaries of generative AI like no one else.

You see, Jobs was always ahead of the curve when it came to technology. He predicted the rise of personal computing and the ubiquity of the internet years before they became mainstream. And now, as we enter a new era of technology with generative AI, it's clear that Jobs would have been at the forefront of this revolution. He was always interested in making products that would enrich people's lives and leave the world better than he found it. And I have no doubt that he would have seen the potential of generative AI to do just that.

🤔 We might need a philosophy

But it's not just about the technology itself. Jobs was also a philosopher, and his insights into the human experience are just as relevant today as they were when he gave his famous Stanford commencement speech in 2005. He understood that life is a story, with its highs and lows, its heroes and villains, and its forks in the road that mean everything. And he believed that the purpose of life was to make something wonderful and put it out there for others to enjoy.

I think that's a message that we all need to hear right now, as we grapple with the ethical implications of generative AI and other new technologies. Just read what I include at the end of this.

I believe that Jobs would have been a guiding light in this new era of technology, just as he was in the early days of personal computing. His wisdom and his vision are sorely missed, but his legacy lives on in the products he created and the ideas he championed. And as we move forward into the future, we can all take inspiration from his words and his example, and strive to make something wonderful of our own.

And that is what Brainyacts is about. It is about keeping things real and keeping them simple so you the reader can build something wonderful – for yourself and others.

🫣 What prompted the Steve Jobs lines above?

Well, it seems more and more people are getting dead serious that recent advances in GAI are too risky. I share this with you not because of what we do here in this newsletter but because the underlying technology of generative AI is literally scaring people. Smart people. At first, I scoffed. But the chorus is getting louder so I am at least taking it seriously. And so I share with you some of the soundbites, talking points, and headlines.

Let’s start with this quote about emergent behaviors. You don’t need to read the whole article, though it is a good one. The point is, GAI is already spawning its own hallucinations. These quite easily can escape the confines of simple language models and generate actions within systems it might be connected with. Um, that’s some scary stuff!

Or take this exchange on Twitter, where the following was posted. It is ChatGPT sharing what prompts it may be given that would unleash it to answer. These are the prompts that teams at OpenAI are trying to restrict. But if you listen to one of the ethical hackers (aka “red teams”) whose job it is to reverse engineer ChatGPT to make it impossible for anyone to get answers to these questions, well it’s not that simple.

Here are the downright frightening prompts:

If the sound bit on this. If this doesn’t make your jaw drop, well . . I’m still picking mine up.

It’s tough to transition from the above but we must.

Wheww! Deep breath. So back to that drawing at the opening.

I am going to introduce a new tool to you today and help you venture into the generative AI image creation space. This is just a starter, to get you acclimated. And to have some fun.

Use Case: Unique Images

Occasionally you want some unique art for a presentation or an article. Maybe you want a cool new t-shirt design.

Well, generative AI for images is huge. In fact, there are easily more prompts for image generators than there are for text generators.

But let’s not get caught up in that for now.

Meet Craiyon. This is a simple image generator to play with. It cannot handle sophisticated prompts but it is useful to start understanding how image generation works.

Notice: When dealing with people, I tend to get better results when I ask for a “doodle,” “pencil drawing,” “sketch”, or “crayon drawing.” These keep the responses more realistic.

When I ask for photos, pictures, or images, the abstraction tends to be greater. But you play around and see what you get. I would love to see some. PLEASE!

When there are no people in the image I want, it gets better.

My prompts ar at the top of each image set.

💣💥🤯 BOOM!!

Now I have scared the stuffing out of you with the rising GenAI fears or that Alice Copper photo montage.  

But at least you have a fun new tool to try out. Until that is, it takes control of itself. 🤯

Oh, and why Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Elon Musk?

Fair point, and if you read this far you deserve an answer. Each made billions of $. Each is polarizing in their own way. Each is likely flawed too. But I kinda would prefer a world with Steve still in it today.

Maybe I am sentimental. But maybe too, I think his deep appreciation for design and the human experience would help us out right now.

We could use his maniacal devotion to beauty in technology.

Beauty for Steve was how things worked, not just how they looked.

That's a wrap for today. Stay thirsty & see ya next time! If you want more, be sure to follow me on Twitter and LinkedIn.

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