Where Does Crypto Go Next, GPTZero, AI or Human, & More
Future Essentials - Edition 54
Here’s what you’re getting in this edition:
My latest random IRL tech convo
10 news articles worth reading
A TECH TALK: Where Does Crypto Go After a Tumultuous Year
The AI Detector: GPTZero
Crispr Pioneer Jennifer Doudna Takes on Gut Bacteria
AI or Human Influencer?
Could 3D printing help solve the US housing crisis?
A magnetic therapy for depression gains precision
Use Reverse Goal Setting to Achieve Your Goals
6 Mindfulness Exercises You Can Try Today
My latest random IRL tech convo
This week I had a quick chat with a young man in his late-twenties. He teaches sociology at a high school in Los Angeles. He has never interacted with or used crypto. He’s heard of Bitcoin, but never used it. He’s never heard of web3 or NFTs. And he’s tried ChatGPT but finds the AI chatbots to be scary.
I’m doing these convos to get some idea of what everyday people think about these new technologies. I’m stunned by how little they know about the entire tech world. But I shouldn’t be. A few years ago, that was me.
10 articles from this week that are worth reading
‘We’ve hit peak efficiency’ with legacy tech, says Coinbase exec - Blockworks
AI Accelerates Ability to Program Biology Like Software - WSJ
Stephen Fry: AI copied voice from Harry Potter audiobooks | Fortune
'Not Only Me': Actor Anil Kapoor Wins AI Deepfake Court Case - Decrypt
Microsoft Reveals Major AI Upgrades for Windows, Office, and Bing - Decrypt
Next-gen content farms are using AI-generated text to spin up junk websites | MIT Technology Review
A TECH TALK: Where Does Crypto Go After a Tumultuous Year
Katie Haun, Founder & CEO of Haun Ventures, talks to Connie Loizos, EIC & GM of TechCrunch about what we can expect from web3 & crypto after a tumultuous year.
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The AI Detector: GPTZero
Find out if the text you’re reading was written by a human being or AI.
GPTZero brings transparency to humans navigating a world filled with AI content. GPTZero is the gold standard in AI detection, trained to detect ChatGPT, GPT4, Bard, LLaMa, and other AI models. LINK
Here’s a WIRED article about GPTZero and its founder, EDWARD TIAN. LINK
Crispr Pioneer Jennifer Doudna Takes on Gut Bacteria
What isn’t the microbiome responsible for? It’s been all the rage for the past few years, with scientists hoping it could help treat everything from immune disorders to mental illness. How exactly that will work is something we’re just starting to explore. This spring, the effort got a boost when UC Berkeley biochemist and gene-editing pioneer Jennifer Doudna, who won a Nobel Prize in 2020 for coinventing Crispr, joined the pursuit. Her first order of business, spearheaded by Berkeley’s Innovative Genomics Institute: fine-tuning our microbiome by genetically editing the microbes it contains while they’re still inside us to prevent and treat diseases like childhood asthma. LINK
AI or Human Influencer?
Can you tell this influencer selling you a cosmetic product is not real, but an AI-generated avatar?
Chinese e-commerce sellers have started to deploy deepfakes like this to livestream 24/7.
All it costs is $1000 and a 1-minute training video. LINK
Could 3D printing help solve the US housing crisis?
3D-printing robots are being used to build a 100-home housing development in the US state of Texas. A major housing development, built using 3D-printer robots on-site, is taking shape in the US state of Texas. The 100-house project on the outskirts of Austin is the product of a partnership between US house-building giant Lennar, and 3D printing company ICON. LINK
A magnetic therapy for depression gains precision
For people with hard-to-treat depression, a non-invasive technique called transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) can provide relief. LINK
Use Reverse Goal Setting to Achieve Your Goals
Physician turned entrepreneur, Justin Sung, shares his Reverse Goal Setting technique.
What is Reverse Goal-Setting
Step 1: Identify your goal
Step 2: Imagine the person who can achieve this goal
Step 3: Evaluate your current state
Step 4: Do a force field analysis
Step 5: Create the plan
This is powerful. Try it!
I hadn't heard of GPTZero. That is going to be invaluable, especially if it can be included into browsers (such as Brave) to automatically check articles and provide a badge/checkmark for H or AI.
Thanks for interesting and helpful information as always.