Futurecasting for engineers
AI + AR applications and highlights from CHI 2023
We’re back with another edition of Machine Learnings, brought to you by the folks at Heyday.
Heyday is an AI-powered memory assistant that resurfaces content you forgot about while you browse the web.
For the first time in months, a week has gone by without a massive AI announcement. Are we in the eye of the storm?
Or, more likely, are the technologists of the world heads-down at work?
That was us this week! We threw a team hackathon that made us lock in, laugh, and gasp.
The fruits of those builds may even see Heyday proper soon, so yeah, you should think about trying Heyday today.
-@samdebrule
What we're reading.
1/ We love origin stories. This one dives into how Microsoft and OpenAI synced up on the Bing chat experience. Learn more at WIRED >
2/ The biggest academic conference in the world of Human Computer Interaction was this week. Here’s an interesting look from a technologist reviewing submissions. Learn more at Austin Henley’s personal site >
One of our favorites – translating human language for machines.
3/ One of our favorite companies to watch is Replit. Our friends at Every sat down with their CEO, Amjad Masad to talk about how far AI will infiltrate the lives of engineers in coming years. A fun one. Learn more at Every >
4/ Most AI use cases have been served up in text, but what can we do beyond the chatbox? A series of recent demos in SF teased some cool under-the-radar possibilities. Watch the trailer, at least. Learn more at Latent Space >
5/ An AI war demo from Palantir, presented without comment. Learn more at Engadget >
6/ A student put together an impressive (and humorous) demo of a real-time AI+AR conversational life assistant. Learn more at VICE >
7/ In similar news, a new set of glasses from Cornell can assess what you’re saying, simply from your mouth’s movement. We actually may put lip-readers out of work with these. Learn more at Fast Company >
Research for this edition of Machine Learnings was enhanced by Heyday, the AI-powered memory assistant.