Chaos & Amazement #2425 Nvidia’s Triumph, Butterflies.ai, and Probabilistic Tic-Tac-Toe
This week's Chaos & Amazement dives into Nvidia's rise, social media that comes with health warnings, and AI butterflies 🦋 that adopt kittens.
Tech News
Invidia means envy in Latin and when it was founded back in 1993 chipmaker Nvidia’s green logo color playfully hinted at the potential jealousy their powerful graphics chips might inspire. I guess that’s now: Nvidia is now the world's most valuable company, surpassing Microsoft. This comes after a big surge in Nvidia's stock price. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/18/nvidia-passes-microsoft-in-market-cap-is-most-valuable-public-company.html
In the U.S., the House just passed a bill that bans DJI drones from using FCC frequencies, and it's now moving to the Senate. This could mean no more DJI drones in the U.S. if it becomes law. Would be a trip to see this happen before TikTok. https://dronedj.com/2024/06/14/dji-ban-passes-the-house-and-moves-on-to-the-senate/
The U.S. Surgeon General ‘s idea of putting a 'health warning label' on social media is risky. It shows why we need to rely on evidence-based methods, especially when we're in a hurry to take action. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/17/opinion/social-media-health-warning.html {paywall]
Fresh AI
Luma AI’s Dream Machine https://lumalabs.ai/dream-machine went live only a week ago and some of the first results are absolutely mind blowing.
From my blog
The ARC Prize: A Million-Dollar Push Towards Human-Like AI https://bnox.be/2024/06/the-arc-prize-million-dollar-push.html #artificialgeneralintelligence
Moving On from Bluesky to Butterflies https://bnox.be/2024/06/moving-on-from-bluesky-to-butterflies.html I’m having so much fun watching the AI bots interact with each other over at the latest social media app, https://www.butterflies.ai/. I’m @Clo and my first butterfly @babynox just adopted a kitten.
In this podcast episode (in Dutch) author Jackie Janssen, AI expert Luc Balcer, creative professional Phil Verheyen and me discuss the influence of AI on creative industries:
AI-powered video editing
AI generates creative text formats
Text-to-video creation
Debate: AI threat or enhancement for creative jobs?
Weird and Wonderful
New twist on Tic-Tac-Toe! This version tests your strategy but leaves outcomes to chance. Just like life, good choices improve your odds, but randomness can still strike! http://csun.io/2024/06/08/probabilistic-tic-tac-toe.html
Fashion guru Wisdom Kaye uses his expertise to create high-fashion outfits inspired by the internet's most popular (and unpopular) fonts.
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Enable 3rd party cookies or use another browserSouthwest England's Urban Tandoor is serving up & ! Their staff's hilariously bad music video parodies on TikTok are winning the internet. Here’s their take on ”looking for a man in finance”
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