Cory, Phil, and Jack talk about the recent explosion of machine learning algorithms, how they will affect what we do as developers and designers, and how we do it—if we still have jobs at all.

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Transcript:​​ https://blackbird.digital/podcast/26-ai-generated-episode/

## Links

(06:19) Scientific journals update policies regarding AI-generated text: https://factor.niehs.nih.gov/2023/3/feature/2-artificial-intelligence-ethics

(06:30) Clarkesworld literary magazine closes submissions due to AI: http://neil-clarke.com/a-concerning-trend/

(06:38) DALL-E 2 generated image wins photography contest: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-my-ai-image-won-a-major-photography-competition/

(06:47) Midjourney-generated image wins Colorado State Fair competition: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/02/technology/ai-artificial-intelligence-artists.html

(07:06) Stack Overflow bans AI-generated responses: https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/421831/temporary-policy-chatgpt-is-banned

(07:59) The Great Catspy generated movie trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITq-mG67qiE

(08:16) Pandas at a salon on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@greenskulltok/video/7225287120343026971

(11:20) Ryan Welcher livestream integrating OpenAI into the Block Editor: https://youtu.be/88c6z1XEvG0

(12:34) How Diffusion Models Work (video): https://www.isikdogan.com/blog/how-diffusion-models-work.html

(14:08) Nvidia real-time up-res: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/03/nvidias-new-ai-upscaling-tech-makes-low-res-videos-look-sharper-in-chrome-edge/

(15:12) Adobe Sensei: https://www.adobe.com/sensei.html

(16:11) Adobe Firefly: https://www.adobe.com/sensei/generative-ai/firefly.html

(16:56) Content Authenticity Initiative: https://contentauthenticity.org/

(17:03) Glaze: https://glaze.cs.uchicago.edu/

(26:50) Hilarious Twitter thread overconfident about code from ChatGPT: https://twitter.com/rachel_l_woods/status/1649790435533922307

(33:39) Mastodon poll about creating an In The Loop brand account: https://mastodon.social/@cr0ybot/109870145158979704