The Newsletter is Currently on hiatus

AI hit like a tsunami at the beginning of the year, set off by the release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in November 2022.

Welcome back after the Thanksgiving hiatus! Unlike last time when news broke and bumped it down on the page, this week, we’re starting off with another DIY AI tutorial.

Welcome back to DIY AI, where we dive into the world of artificial intelligence to learn something new in just a few minutes. This week, we’re switching gears to focus on image generation, just in time for the holiday season. 

It seems fitting to mark this because issue No. 1 almost didn’t happen. As some of you know, I was reluctant to put time into something that could quickly become a time suck in my retirement.

New Feature: DIY AI! Learn to do something new in just a few minutes on your own. This new feature, DIY AI, will get you started.

Step away from the horrible headlines for a bit and see what’s cooking in AI.

Imagine you have a super-smart friend who’s read almost every book, article, and blog post out there. Now, anytime you ask this friend a question or chat with them, they pull from all that knowledge to give you an answer or continue the conversation. That’s kind of how GPT works!

Sometime in the not-too-distant future, we will look back on this era of AI and laugh. WRITE a text prompt to tell a bot what to generate. How quaint!

If you’re a regular reader, you’ve likely noticed the bylines in this newsletter attributed to ChatGPT, Bing, Bard, etc. That’s because when I was reluctant to start doing a newsletter (I’m retired! Too much work!), I decided to lighten the workload by “hiring” the bots as reporters.

Are you feeling overwhelmed and left behind by all of this AI stuff?

As much as I love it, I, too, feel overwhelmed sometimes. There are quiet periods, but then the floodgates open again, ushering in a slew of new announcements.