100 common use cases, AI and job polarization, hot new music AI, AI catfishing and more

April 12, 2024

“Artificial Intelligence is not a Man versus Machine saga; it’s in fact, Man with Machine synergy.” — Sudipto Ghosh

One of the most important issues - cut that - the most important issue from AI is its impact on work and jobs.

In this week’s podcast episode platform strategy leader Sangeet Paul Choudary and I debate the impact of AI and the future of work. While we agree on a number of issues, including the potential for increased polarization, we differ on the impact of AI on the skill premium for greater skills.

Ross

 

📖In this issue

  • 100 common use cases for AI

  • Humans + AI in decision-making, finance, and the economy

  • Can AI be a good catfisher?

  • The super-hot new music generation tool is Udio, which some are calling “the ChatGPT moment for music”

  • Sangeet Paul Choudary and Ross Dawson debate AI in the future of work

  • Distilled insights from GenAI Leaders discussions

 

 

🤸 In practice

100 common use cases for GenAI

An analysis of GenAI use cases shared on Reddit showed the range and diversity of how people are putting AI to use in their daily work and lives.

Which of these are you using and which will you try?

 

👩🤖Humans + AI update

Humans + AI in decision-making, finance, and the economy

Major bank NAB’s Digital Next podcast interviewed me on how AI capabilities and human’s unique capabilities have developed; the structure for AI & humans; how humans + AI can improve decision making and increase human intelligence; the future of work – and the importance of acknowledging the challenges and seizing the positive potential.

Humans’ ability to adapt leaves AI far behind

“The machines may have a long way to go before they can truly replicate this near-instant flexibility that is typically second nature for humans.” A Harvard Business School research project shows that human adaptability is not readily replicable by AI.

Can AI be a good catfisher?

Netflix’s reality “catfishing” show which pits people against each other in a dating frame returns in Season 6 with an AI also playing the game. It will be interesting to see how it does…

 

🔥Hot news in AI

  • Gemini 1.5 Pro with a massive context window of 1M tokens is available in its developer Studio - Google 

  • Meta will launch its Llama 3 open source model in the next month - TechCrunch

  • The hidden race to buy or access AI training data - Reuters

  • The super-hot new music generation tool is Udio, which some are calling “the ChatGPT moment for music”. Demo video below:

 

🎙️Latest podcast episode

Sangeet Paul Choudary and Ross Dawson debate AI in the future of work

What you will learn

This episode was very different from usual, essentially a debate between platform superstar Sangeet and I on future job properity.

  • Exploring the impact of AI on skill premium and the future of work

  • The rise of platforms and the commoditization of skills in the gig economy

  • The dynamics between labor, talent, and capital in a technology-driven market

  • How technology reshapes the value and distribution of work

  • The role of AI in augmenting versus substituting human roles

  • The significance of adaptability and learning in navigating technological change

  • Strategies for individuals and organizations to harness AI for a prosperous future

 

💡Resources and insights

Distilled insights from GenAI Leaders discussions

Last week I ran a Generative AI Leaders Lunch in Sydney, bringing together leading people in the space. The group selected discussion topics and broke into a sequence of group conversations for over 10 focused sessions.

We recorded each session, transcribed them, summarized the most useful insights from each, and then did a meta-analysis of the over-riding themes.

I will share details of the process in a future newsletter. The insights are well worth a read.

Thanks for reading!

Ross Dawson and team