Creativity Squared: On ChatGPT's 1-Year Anniversary

Dear Creativity Squared Member,

A.I. is a WILD rollercoaster ride! 

This is the THIRTIETH Creativity Squared episode that coincides with and celebrates the one-year anniversary of OpenAI’s announcement of ChatGPT. Today’s guest is John du Pre Gauntt, the founder and host of Culture & Code, a B2B podcast and newsletter focused on Generative Artificial Intelligence for Creative Professionals. 

We recorded this conversation on the afternoon of Friday, November 17, discussing the explosive growth of OpenAI and GenAI this past year. Needless to say, we had no idea how much we needed to buckle up for the news that shook the tech world, unlike anything we’ve seen since Apple’s board fired Steve Jobs, which broke just a few hours after we wrapped the interview. Listen for a short synopsis of what happened and the mayhem that ensued!

In today’s show, you’ll hear the original conversation I had with John. The episode serves as a time capsule marking where we are on the one-year anniversary of ChatGPT.

Check out Episode 30 today! 

In other Creativity Squared news, I’m featured along with my clone in an article in the Cincinnati Magazine. I’ll share the digital version when it’s online. I’m also excited to welcome Adam Kahn to the Cincinnati Clone Club! Interested in being cloned and putting your digital twin to work for you? Apply here!

Also, I’m really pumped to be attending the Content Authenticity Symposium next week at Stanford University for a full day of presentations and opportunities to discuss the implications of new A.I. technologies and with them, techniques to restore trust across our digital ecosystem. Stay tuned for a recap of my key takeaways from the event.

For anyone in the San Francisco area, join me on Friday, December 8 for a happy hour to geek out about all things creativity and artificial intelligence — RSVP here!

If you’re looking for what A.I. events to attend next year, do add the Texas Eclipse Festival to your list! On April 8, 2024, there will be a total solar eclipse. The festival, taking place April 5-9 at Reveille Ranch in Burnet, TX (outside of Austin), will bring people together from all over the world to celebrate the 4 minutes of totality amidst music, immersive art, tech talks, wellness activations, and so much more.

I can’t wait to be on stage there to talk all things A.I., avatars, and synthetic media alongside so many talented people and artists, including Alex & Allyson Grey, Android Jones, and Chris Dyer.

Of course, I’ll be back in Austin for SXSW in March for its Interactive Conference which starts on March 8, and will be staying for their A.I. track which is March 11-15. Let me know if you’ll be there — would love to say hi IRL! If you missed the episode with Hugh Forrest, SXSW Co-President & Chief Programming Officer, check it out here!

Scroll on to discover:

• 🎂 ChatGPT 1-Year Anniversary & 2023 Explosive OpenAI Milestones

• 📆 Calendar of Events: Cincy

• 🎧 More on Episode 30

• 🤯 A.I. + Creativity News Roundup

• 👯‍♀️ Apply to Join the Clone Club

• 💎 Creativity Squared Premium Member Benefits

• 💝 Milestone Rewards

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Here's to exponential possibilities!

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📆 CALENDAR OF A.I. EVENTS: CINCY

For those local in Cincinnati, join these upcoming A.I. events. 🥳 

👩‍🏫 DEC 7 - Hosted by Tensure, “Plotting Your Course with Generative AI” will take place on December 7 from 2-4pm at Morton’s Steakhouse in OTR. Join to discover how GenAI can be more than just a buzzword—it can be a transformative force for your business. Sign up here.

🤝 DEC 12 - Join me and others interested in all things A.I. at the CincyAI Meetup for Humans, cohosted by Creativity Squared, on Tuesday, December 12, at the UC Digital Futures building from 3-5pm ET. Sign up now!

✏️ FEB 2 - Save the date for February 2 because the women’s network Ellevate is teaming up with IBM for an afternoon of A.I. programming here in Cincinnati. More details to come!

Looking forward to meeting those who can make it in person and geeking out about all things A.I. and creativity!

Listen: E30. The A.I. Rollercoaster Ride
ChatGPT 1-Year Anniversary, OpenAI Chaos & the Magic of GenAI with Culture & Code Host John du Pre Gauntt

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Episode 30’s guest is John du Pre Gauntt. For more context on John, his analysis of the impact of emerging technology on media and marketing has been featured in The Economist, GigaOm, and eMarketer while his speaking credits include South by Southwest, Infinity Festival Hollywood, Podcast Movement, and the Monaco Media Forum. His consulting clients include financial services, media, and technology. John holds degrees in Computer Information Systems and English Literature. In 2019, he earned an executive certificate in technology leadership from MIT Sloan School in partnership with the MIT Computer Science & AI Laboratory (CSAIL).

Our conversation covered ChatGPT’s 1-year anniversary, John’s experience at OpenAI’s DevDay, how creators are canaries in the coal mine for what’s to come, and so much more.

I really enjoyed the conversation with John and appreciate his perspective and insights…and know you will too!

Your A.I. + Creativity News Roundup

With all of the A.I. news flooding our feeds and screens, we’ve got you covered. News to check out includes:

Here's why people are saying GPT-4 is getting lazy digitaltrends — Some ChatGPT users report noticing a decline in the helpfulness of the chatbot’s responses. Users have shared screenshots on X and Reddit showing how ChatGPT-4 will pretend that it is not capable of performing the requested action or will give a truncated response. Affected users say they need to remind ChatGPT of its own capabilities to get the desired response.   

Stable Diffusion Turbo XL can generate AI images as fast as you can type Ars Technica — Stability AI says that its new SDXL Turbo text-to-image generator is the first that can produce images in real-time. The model can generate images in a single step instead of the 20-50 steps that its predecessor Stable Diffusion requires. The company attributes the model’s speed to Adversarial Distillation Diffusion (ADD).

California governor calls for statewide generative AI training CoinTelegraph — California is the first state publicly researching strategies to leverage GenAI in state government. A recent report from the Governor’s office recommends A.I. training for state employees, citing Goldman Sachs prediction that GenAI will impact over 300 million jobs worldwide. 

What the Doomsayers Get Wrong About Deepfakes The New Yorker — An upcoming book from media forensics analyst and computer scientist Walter Scheirer makes the case that deepfakes aren’t really fooling anyone, and that more advanced A.I. likely won’t change that. He credits our social fact-checking abilities for immunizing us against mass deception. He expects that the most insidious effect will continue to be misogyny and shaming via deepfaked pornography. 

Sports Illustrated is the latest media company damaged by an AI experiment gone wrong Associated Press — The iconic sports magazine is in hot water this week following allegations that multiple articles on its website were written by fake, A.I.-generated authors. The publication announced that it fired the firm and denied that the articles themselves were A.I.-generated. 

Amazon latest tech giant to announce AI chatbot BBC — After significant investments in the A.I. company Anthropic, Amazon has something to show for it. The company announced the release of Q, its new chatbot designed for business. Amazon says that Q will protect businesses from copyright claims like the one Sarah Silverman is pursuing against OpenAI. Although slow out of the gate for GenAI, Amazon has the advantage of integration with its AWS cloud computing platform, which many of the world’s largest companies use to run their information systems. 

Stability AI in Turmoil, CEO Under Pressure as Possible Sale Looms Decrypt — It’s a bittersweet week for Stability AI as news of their wicked-fast new image generator is contrasted by rumors that the company may go up for sale. Bloomberg reports that talks come in the midst of controversy for CEO Emad Mostaque, who has justified the company’s use of copyrighted material for A.I. training purposes as “fair use.” 

Nicolas Cage on Memes, Myths, and Why He Thinks AI Is a ‘Nightmare’ WIRED – Nicolas Cage says A.I. is “inhumane”. He hopes that it’s never used to appropriate his work, echoing recent comments from Tim Burton after memes surfaced that reimagined Disney characters in Burton’s signature style. 

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