AI generating images , text , artificial proteins and now voice !!

Microsoft released a paper on a new AI called VALL-E that can accurately simulate anyone’s voice based on a sample just three seconds long.

Imagine the chaos that it can cause - deepfakes and impersonations 

Will trust be a victim of AI ?

From chatgpt 

Artificial intelligence (AI) has made significant strides in simulating human voices, with natural language processing and deep learning algorithms enabling AI-powered voice assistants and chatbots to mimic human-like speech patterns and intonations.

These AI systems use machine learning techniques to learn from vast amounts of voice data and generate synthetic speech that closely resembles human speech, making them increasingly indistinguishable from real human voices. 

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Ai Artificial intelligence - or Amplified Intelligence From the legend himself - Reid Hoffman

The magic on display in the growing family tree of LLMs—before and beyond OpenAI’s ChatGPT—is astonishing. In these early stages, we’ll continue to collectively find our footing with AI, but the path is there to reconfigure how we work and live.

That term itself—AI—has also been on my mind.  As I’ve been so focused in recent years on AI projects, I've found myself questioning whether using that moniker—"Artificial Intelligence"—may actually be holding us back in some ways.

To start: has anything been celebrated—or preferred—for being artificial?  Artificial food coloring.  Artificial flowers.  Artificial respiration. If so, it feels like a rare exception.  

I believe the current language of Artificial Intelligence has somewhat misled us and, in the wider culture, painted an ominous view of an AI that develops sinister intent at odds with our natural intelligence and natural interests.  

To me, there’s a more fitting descriptor of what's taking shape that better captures these tools' impact on humanity: Amplified Intelligence. 

Same acronym, but more accurate.  Advancements like LLMs are amplifying the abilities and productivity of humans.  And, yes, it will amplify our mistakes and misunderstandings as much as our achievements and insights, but that just reflects and accelerates our growth as humans.   

What do you think about Amplified Intelligence (AI) as a term? Let me know your thoughts in the comments below

Roth Goyal - Dir engineering at Netflix 

I’ve been referring to it as “Augmented Intelligence” to distinguish between how we can be inspired and aided by it, not replaced.

Justin Jin

Reid Hoffman how’s “augmented intelligence”? As we begin to combine human/machine systems the potential to leverage the best of both worlds exists!

Bruce Bixler - linked in guru 

Reid Hoffman I use "Accelerated Intelligence" since that is what it does! It accelerates results.

Tatyana Mamut - tech innovator 

Amplified means “more” and “higher” — which is not accurate. Computer AI is not necessarily more intelligent or at a higher level of intelligence; it is simply produced through code generated functions in a non-living system.

I’d stick with Artificial because Amplified Intelligence could apply to supplements/lifestyle changes that enhance natural (organic) intelligence. Also we need to understand that we are entering the full cyborg era, where human amplifications of intelligence will be a mix of natural (organic) and artificial (inorganic) sources. Distinguishing between these will be important and losing this distinction now may lead to bad unintended consequences

Ivan Kaye 

Augmented Intelligence is more appropriate - as chatgpt or AI Is not intelligent - but does augment 

Amplified intelligence implies AI has intelligence - which implies a “live being” which is  a debate of its own !!! 

Krystal Lucado

Great question! My perspective follows definitions: 

Intelligence (noun): the ability to learn or understand or to deal with new or trying situations: REASON

Artificial (adjective): humanly contrived often on a natural model: MAN MADE

Amplify (verb): to expand (something, such as a statement): to make larger or greater (as in amount, importance, or intensity): INCREASE

I like Amplify for a couple of reasons:

1. Amplify is a verb describing an action which is more consistent with the act of AI.

2. Artificial is an adjective describing intelligence in a passive sense inconsistent with the potential of AI.

3. The word “artificial” while culturally acceptable in transactional activities (luxury goods/nails/hair), retains a negative connotation leading to bias. 

That being said, I do prefer Amplify Intelligence in the present tense rather than past tense, given the potential of AI +HI = NI

Rohit Jain

Jobs will become irrelevant as ultimately AI, LLMs and other advancements will lead to radical abundance of everything...

Amplified intelligence therefore more appropriate 

Kevin Hodges 

How about “aggregate intelligence” is more accurate. It reminds me of the early internet days when many of the popular sites were aggregators for news, pop culture, sports, etc. It also seems pretty accurate since there is less new information being created by AI; rather, it’s collecting the vast and disparate elements of the web and commodifying them for our advantage.

Joe Edwards 

I like “aggregate intelligence” to imply 

1. This stuff is built on a corpus of human knowledge 

2. It’s a superpower, but just as an aggregate group of humans can be led in non-ideal directions or produce subpar results, these new tools can as well.

How effective is your current learning material ?

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“A fresh start for L&D in 2023” - maybe a time to do a  spring cleaning, looking into the future and taking the dive!


How effective is your learning strategy ? 

To recruit and retain the brightest and best  employees you need  to give them regular communication, training and development opportunities, and learning campaigns supporting a positive and inclusive work culture.

You need to provide learning that enthuses engages and excites your team to learn more and be inspired by your organisation 

You need to plan , test and learn to enable your employees  to achieve their goals and bring your ideas to fruition 

You need to learn how to learn 

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Why Singapore is Successful

Allen Pathmarajah 

💥Why is Singapore succesful?

There is no distinction  on race, language or religion - 

Everyone is equal !

Allen (a Sri Lankan) was Mentored by Tan Chin Twa 

- who headed OCBC Bank  and GREAT EASTERN 

Alan Miltz  and Ivan Kaye  are grateful 

To be mentored by Allen Pathmarajah

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Who is your #mentor ? 

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Learning and Development - key to recruit and retain the brightest and the best

Learning will be front and centre when looking to recruit and retain the brightest and the best people in the next decade - and  Learning and development  will need to play a key role in your organisation .

Traditional Training is changing with elearning and blended learning becoming ubiquitous .

 

Two main areas of learning and development are 

1. Compliance training 
2. Upskilling and reskilling 

1. Compliance Training with a Focus On Safety, Mitigation

Compliance and safety training is about keeping your employees safe while also safeguarding the organization’s interests. To ensure the success of such training and keeping the working environment accident and risk-free is key 

The current agenda is to train and develop and keep employees updated, which is more than possible with a simple, robust, and affordable LMS.

2. Upskilling and reskilling 

Instead of hiring multiple people for multiple roles, focus on upskilling existing employees. 

Upskilling and multi-role fulfillment will be a focus do many organisations and, training and development are perfectly suited for this.

Will the LMS be more focussed on the lifelong learner vs the lms of the organisation .

How will the organisation be able to access the skill set of the lifelong learner?

How will the lifelong learner be able to take their accredited learnings with them throughout the lifelong learning journey? 

A good solution to keep consistent training activities in play is by switching to an affordable learning technology, that integrates with your lifelong learning wallet 

So what are the takeouts 

• Consistent training and lifelong learning is a key to recruit and retain the brightest and the best 
• E-learning and blended solutions will play a key part in your learning and development activities - Traditional classroom training is history 
• Compliance training is important now more than ever;
• Hire internally - and continually upskill and reskill 
• Have a system that integrates with a lifelong learners wallet 

Welcome to the #NEXTTECHrevolution 

India is set to become the worlds 3rd largest economy

India's real GDP growth is projected to average 6.3% annually in FY 2021-30, and is on track to  overtake Japan and Germany to become the world's third-largest economy (in nominal US dollar terms). 

Real income per capita is projected to achieve significant average growth of 5.3%, with Indian households becoming the greatest spenders among G20 economies.

Indian macro policy has  three goals: 

reducing import dependency, 

providing the labor force with suitable employment opportunities, 

and creating a more viable market for domestic and foreign investors.

Dealing with the rest of the world is a key strategy with specific plans to deal with each country .

 “It takes a planet to build a village” 🌎 

https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/mi/research-analysis/outlook-for-indias-economic-growth-and-policy-platforms.html