Podcast 44: A Sneak Preview of the Next TW!

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Well, just as the March 2023 issue of Tomorrow’s World is hitting subscribers’ mailboxes, we’ve just finished creating the April-May 2023 issue. And with it still fresh in our minds, we thought we’d give you a preview. Asking whether we’re sleepwalking into WWIII, pondering the possibility of an A.I. information apocalypse, warning against the dangers of perfectionism, explaining why world leaders can’t fix anything, and more—we think this issue has a lot that deserves your attention!

Podcast 43: A.I.—Friend or Foe?

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Artificial intelligence is quickly moving from behind the curtain to the very front of the stage, as increasingly intelligent chatbots, image generators, and more are entering mainstream use by “regular” folks. Join us for a bot-free chat as we ponder a bit together about what these new tools mean. Also, if you’d like to check out our old TW articles about A.I., mentioned in the podcast click here: “Artificial Intelligence: Promise or Peril?” and “In Our Own Image.”)

(For an example of the power of A.I.-generated images created by our own Ben Graham, check out this link.)

Cats and Cows in Space

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In Podcast 43—“A.I.—Friend or Foe?”—we talk about the ability artificial intelligence now gives people to images with just a simple textual prompt. So, we wanted to give you an example of that. We’ll have more realistic images in the April-May 2023 Tomorrow’s World magazine, but these are excellent examples of how someone with no artistic ability is able to generate completely original images using these AI tools.

Well, Mr. Ben Graham, our Graphics Designer does have artistic ability, and he’s the one who generated these—but the point is that he didn’t use those skills. He simply typed in a text prompt describing what he was looking for, and the AI did the rest. In this case, the AI was Midjourmey. I’d include his prompts, but I forgot to get them. However, they were not complicated! We’ll add them later if we can get them from him next week.

In the meantime, take a close look at each image. They look amazing, but each has one or more “tells” that help indicate it is not human-made. That is, while it looks like something an artist would make, it has elements in it that clearly no human being would add. See if you can find them!

Then, if you haven’t listened to the podcast, click here and have a listen.

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