Stay Up-to-Date on Humanistic Artificial Intelligence! March Edition
TD Publishing’s Monthly Update on Artificial Intelligence.
TD Publishing, a company that provides artificial intelligence educational programs, offers a monthly newsletter sharing the latest advancements in artificial intelligence to keep non-tech professionals and students up-to-date.
Each monthly newsletter will provide 3-4 informative articles and podcasts, which are expected to take 30-60 minutes to read through. Below is the January edition, written by Craig Gordon, founder of Don’t Count Us Out Yet and co-founder of TD Publishing.
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Dear Readers,
Welcome to the March edition of our newsletter and the fifth round of humanistic AI updates. We have some surprises in store for you, and we bet you’ll be most intrigued by our first major takeaway from the last month: the rise of robotic AI. Yes, you read that right. There were plenty of articles released covering advancements in this area within the last 30 days, so let’s get to it. And don’t worry, we have plenty more news, including updates on the ChatGPT and Google Gemini fight, which seems to be number one, as well as some updates and product extensions at Adobe, which you might want to examine. But first, robots…
Is 2024 the first year of the rise of the AI robots?
It seems like when you hear about the actions of significant figures, such as Jeff Bezos investing $100 million in a company along with Intel and Nvidia, you start to ask yourself: “What am I missing?” Add to that the $675 million raise with a valuation of over $2 billion, it sounds like the company Figure AI is past the concept stage and already prototyping and scaling. Take a look for yourself, we’ve inserted the prototype above. Could this company be the next Apple in 10-20 years?
One of my favorite visionaries who looks into the future came out with a great 10 minute read on where robots are headed and their relationship to humans in the next decade. Take a look at the link below. If he is right, everyone will have their own AI chatbot or robot, just like how you have a cell phone right now. If you only read one article about AI and the future this week, we would recommend this one.
When we teach AI in our courses to non-tech students and professionals, we always mention Hans Moravec's Paradox and his take on how AI will develop. This includes the thought that high-level reasoning is easier for AI to master than basic sensory skills. Well, it looks like that might not be the case. If so, get ready for huge leaps in what robots can do both for consumers and businesses. We love when reality turns on new ideas that debunk the old ones.
Finally, it’s always fun to see what Mr. Musk is up to with his brain that thinks way farther ahead than the rest of us. Wish we would have taken him seriously when he talked about space efforts in the for-profit world instead of thinking he should have been writing science fiction. So, take a look at Elon Musk’s plans for robots. This reminds me of when Facebook pivoted to apps on cell phones as a major place to connect instead of just computers. Risky, but a great thought!
Adobe’s AI assistant’s work with PDFs could be a game-changing product
Imagine having an AI chatbot summarize your PDF with a 100 page slide deck presentation, and on top of that, it gives you some questions you might ask about it. Well, it’s here and in beta testing from Adobe. We will continue watching this new form of AI and next time offer some comments, both good and bad. For now, here’s one comment - Don’t you think it should have a better name that just AI Assistant?
A Couple Updates on Previous Stories
First, Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang made comments that AI is much more than a computer process, it is a learning process, which we discuss in all of our course sessions on Understanding AI. Once again, in February he stated that young students should not concentrate on learning Python or other computer programming approaches, but instead focus on understanding AI and where it’s headed.
Last but not least, the brights of the world go to Davos every year to try and figure out how to save the world… Frankly, if they were judged on their results, they probably should only be paid minimum wage! LOL, but this year’s conference talked about AI and the one thing everyone is looking for in AI products: trust.
We really think this is going to be a huge opportunity for CPAs, who consistently rank as the most trusted business profession, and they could trust and verify AI processes just like they do financials. This is a big part of what we teach.
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Best,
Craig, Jay, Jeffrey, Ariana and all of the freelancers who helped us.