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Good morning and welcome to the latest edition of neonpulse!
Here's what we have for you today:
Meet your new A.I. doctor
The death of the supermodel
And the future of software development
A doctor in your pocket
There may be no better way to understand the power of ChatGPT than by showing you was one developer was able to create in a single weekend:
An A.I. powered medical diagnosis service.
Created in two days at this years Miami Hack Week, David Lopez was able to program ChatGPT to output a medical diagnosis using the following prompt:
By simply inputting basic information about yourself and the symptoms that you’re experiencing, ChatGPT goes to work diagnosing the problem and providing you feedback on potential treatments:
And while this is a rudimentary example of medical diagnosis technology, considering that it was build over a single weekend using an early version of ChatGPT, its pretty impressive stuff.
You can check out Jenner here.
Introducing A.I. supermodels
Shudu, an A.I. supermodel sensation
With how quickly A.I. is developing, many people are speculating about the types of jobs that will be disrupted in the future.
And while certain professions are more obvious than others (like software development) other jobs ripe for disruption are considerably less obvious…
Like models, for example.
“The models at my agency have shot campaigns and editorials for Balmain, Louboutin, Ferragamo, and Vogue, and have hundreds of thousands of Instagram followers,” said Cameron-James Wilson, founder of the worlds first all-digital model agency.
What started as a project in his parents shed has grown into a full blown digital modeling agency that lists top fashion brands among its list of clientele.
And while the rates that Wilson charges his clients are “comparable to the rates of real-life models,” as A.I. imaging technology continues to develop, the cost to produce life-like digital models will continue to drop…
Inevitably putting fashion model’s job prospects in danger.
LALALAND, for example, is a service that helps brands create realistic digital avatars in order to showcase their clothing on e-commerce websites.
Not only does the technology have considerable cost savings over traditional photoshoots, but it allows brands to cater their websites to different regional markets in a fast and efficient manner.
Instead of hosting photoshoots with multiple models, LALALAND allows brands to showcase Japanese models on their Japanese website, and American models on their U.S. website, all with the click of a button.
And while we’re still in the early stages of digital avatar technology, with the significant overhead costs associated with hiring models and in-person photoshoots it’s only a matter of time before brands and retailers begin to adopt this technology en masse.
“No-code” and the future of software development
In classical computer science, a programmer uses code as a means to translate an idea into a piece of software.
Yet with the development of “no-code” software tools, which allow people with zero coding experience to create their own apps and software, it begs the question…
Are software developers going to become a thing of the past?
“I believe the conventional idea of "writing a program" is headed for extinction, writes Matt Welsh, CEO and co-founder of an A.I. powered software development platform, in a piece titled “The End of Programming.”
“It seems totally obvious to me that all programs in the future will ultimately be written by AIs, with humans relegated to, at best, a supervisory role.”
“Anyone who doubts this prediction need only look at the very rapid progress being made in other aspects of AI content generation, such as image generation. The difference in quality and complexity between DALL-E v1 and DALL-E v2—announced only 15 months later—is staggering.”
“If I have learned anything over the last few years working in AI, it is that it is very easy to underestimate the power of increasingly large AI models. Things that seemed like science fiction only a few months ago are rapidly becoming reality.”
So what does the future of software development really look like?
Check out this story from Jared Ficklin, chief creative technology and co-founder of argodesign, a product design consultancy:
"One of our current clients, Builder AI, has taken the unique approach of using AI analysis of voice conversations to gather (software) requirements and then further architect and fulfill those experiences."
"They even have a voice assistant that can be added to a zoom call that will listen in to someone describing their mobile application to a project manager that automatically captures features. Over time this process will get more and more automated, replacing the entire concept of writing programs with training models.”
And where does Ficklin sees the future of software development heading?
“Imagine asking Alexa to make you an app to help organize your kitchen. AI would recognize the features, pick the correct patterns and in real time, over the air deliver an application to your mobile phone or maybe into your wearable mobile computer."
Sounds like the floodwave of terrible app’s that should never see the light of day is closer than you think…
And now your moment of zen
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