Collaborative Intelligence Week in Review - 15Dec2023
Best business article(s) I read this week…
Leading in a World Where AI Wields Power of Its Own
In this Harvard Business Review article, the authors define the concept of “autosapient agents” (AI that can learn complex concepts and make judgments), then describe various leadership challenges resulting from the rise of such agents and how to overcome them.
Best technical article(s) I read this week…
Fine-tuning Language Models for Factuality
The authors describe a process for reducing the number of “hallucinations” (which the authors describe as “convincing but factually inaccurate claims”) that appear in Large Language Model (LLM) outputs.
Other item(s) of note…
Apple releases MLX Framework for AI
MLX is a set of developer tools for building AI models, including LLMs. The link above takes you to a news article. Here is the MLX documentation if you’re interested.
IBM announces new quantum processors
IBM’s new Quantum Heron processors are now available. IBM plans to use its Watson platform to generate quantum code, intending to simplify quantum algorithms.
Coolest thing I saw…
Parky: The Autonomous EV Recharging Robot
This is an interesting addition to the EV ecosystem that solves the problem (if it’s deployed in a parking garage) of access to charging systems. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to see a video of Parky (several of them) in action.
Google announced the availability of its new AI-powered notebook app. I had early access to this, so I’ve used it for a while. It takes some getting used to since you have to figure out the best ways to include AI into your note-taking and related tasks workflows, but it’s pretty cool. Click on the introductory notebook for a tutorial.
Google’s MusicFX and TextFX Apps
Google’s AI Test Kitchen launched their MusicFX and TextFX apps. They are both generative AI applications.
I’ve tried various prompts on MusicFX. None of them produced great music, but I am guessing that the performance will improve over time. You can download the results. SynthID tags the music to ensure everyone can determine that AI generated it.
It’s hard to describe the TextFX suite of apps. They do some interesting things. The “Simile” app, when prompted with “mountain,” generated “Mountains are like waves of stone, crashing against the sky.” I don’t know if that’s original. A Google search of the phrase did not turn up a source.
You can access MusicFX or TextFX by clicking on the Home link in the upper left-hand corner of the web page.