Hi there.

Let’s start by taking a cleansing breath in and out. In……..and out…….
Nice job.

In today’s newsletter:

  • 🍎 Apple Sauce: AI to extend your mind

  • 🌱 Planting the Seed: Getting acquainted with deepfakes

  • 🍇 Fruitful Harvest: AI to analyze baby cries

I’d like to start by sharing a beautifully handwritten, human-generated note.

This weekend at a local flea market, I met a sweet set of best friends who were 86 and 100 years young. We struck up a conversation, and they were lamenting the fact that many schools don’t teach cursive writing anymore. “No one can read my writing, and I’ve been told I have a beautiful hand,” said one of them.

I asked if she would be willing to write something - anything - on a card for me. Here is what she wrote on a card that now sits on my desk:

“If everyone was kind what a wonderful world it would be.”

🍎 Apple Sauce

Time for the ‘sauce’, or overview on AI apps we’ve been trying out, that may be useful to you!

Today’s apple: my mind

Context: We are all magicians. In a matter of minutes, I know we can all turn a single browser tab of an article we intend to read into 15 tabs which include:

  • a Google search of a person mentioned in the article

  • the 3 different articles referenced in the first paragraph of the original article

  • an Amazon search for the latest bento-style lunchbox

  • the sign-up form for a local pottery class (replace with your version of an emotional support browser tab)

How can we traverse the internet and maintain focus on our intended mission(s) while keeping tabs (😏) on all the intriguing, inspiring, or important internet tidbits that we do not want to forget?

Enter my mind, a stunning app that brings us to the future of bookmarking.

How it works: When you create an account, you start with a blank ‘mind’ canvas. As you browse the web, you can add quotes, books, PDFs, images, articles, and highlighted text to your ‘mind’ by simply right-clicking and selecting ‘Add to my mind.’ They will be added to your ‘mind’ as nicely formatted cards.

Unlike other bookmarking and digital organization tools, you don’t have to do any organizing. This is where the AI comes in. my mind uses AI to categorize and tag your cards so you can easily refer back to them via search.

Admittedly, I haven’t used the tool for long, but the app has quickly become part of my everyday technology toolkit. We have enough organizing and decluttering to do in the physical world, so it’s nice to have AI take over in the digital world.

Pricing: The app is free to use up to 100 cards, after which you must upgrade to the $5.99/month Student of Life plan or the $11.99/month Mastermind plan. More information on pricing here.

Data & Privacy: my mind puts a particular emphasis on protecting their users’ privacy.

We don't sell or share your data. We don't run ads or track your behavior. Our business model is simple: We provide a service for you, and you pay for that service in return. That's it.

You can find more information in the my mind Privacy Policy.

🌱Planting the Seed

Embark on your AI journey by learning about the fundamental concepts and terminology. Let’s demystify AI topics and headlines in language your kid could understand!

A few weeks ago, Hollywood superstar Tom Hanks posted this to his Instagram:

Over the last few years, many public figures, including politicians, celebrities, and even the Pope, have been subjects of synthetically generated images, videos, or audio. Some of this content, like this viral video of recent U.S. presidents dancing to Afrobeat music, is pretty easy to dismiss as fake, but some deepfakes, as they’re called, look quite authentic. For example, the below AI-generated image of the Pope in a cool designer jacket took the world by storm earlier this year.

"Balenciaga" Pope Francis Source: REDDIT / U/TRIPPY_ART_SPECIAL

What are deepfakes?

Deepfakes are synthetic images, video, or audio generated via - you guessed it - artificial intelligence. Specifically, they’re built with an AI technology called Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs).

GANs are trained by having two AI models compete with each other. One model tries to produce fake data that cannot be distinguished from real data, while the other model tries to differentiate between real and fake data. Over time, this competition leads to the first model producing increasingly realistic data, like deepfakes.

Deepfakes are primarily associated with creating realistic-looking but entirely fabricated videos or images of people, often portraying them saying or doing things they never actually did.

There is a lot to say about deepfakes, but we’re just planting a seed today. Here are a few takeaways for you:

  • Not all instances of AI-generated media are harmful or unauthorized. Recently, many folks have been voluntarily using AI image generation to produce realistic professional headshots.

  • That being said, most of it is bad.

  • While public figures may be most susceptible, anyone can be the subject of a deepfake.

  • Many of us have already established our online privacy preferences, but it’s also important to respect the online privacy preferences of others.

  • When you see any content online that is questionable, there’s a possibility it may not be authentic. Try your best to verify its authenticity before sharing further.

💦Fertilizer (resources) to help the seeds grow:

🍇Fruitful Harvest

We’ll pluck some of the best AI Prompts, AI-generated images, and overall good stuff from the ammi.ai community and share them here.

Last week’s poll:

Have you ever experienced a meet-cute?

Yes: 25%
No: 75%

Oh well.

AI for Baby Cries

Mohammed R. from San Francisco shared an app I am sure several ammi.ai community members may find intriguing. CryAnalyzer is an app that claims to use AI to analyze an infant’s (0-6 months) cry to predict their needs.

I am unable to test this, and there’s not much information or any reviews to assess how well it works, so I will leave it to any willing (and probably sleep-deprived) infant parents.

If it does work, I believe Cry Analyzer be the next big thing.

We 💚 your feedback!

Hi Ammi/Amie, My favorite part today was Roast my meal. (A good laugh) and your decision tree.

Claire from Paris, feedback on last week’s post

👩‍🌾Cultivating Conversation

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