Ready to dive in.
We've got AI uncovering ancient secrets,
luring the lines between, well, you and me and tech,
and maybe even hinting at a whole new way
we'll be interacting with our devices.
All this just from this week's
Winemaker's Daily Brief, by the way.
It really highlights how we're past the days of AI
just being this like future concept.
It's here.
First up, AI is playing archaeologist now, I guess.
Oh, absolutely.
303, can you leave that, 303 new Nazca lines?
It's amazing, isn't it?
These things have misdefined us for, what, centuries?
And now we might actually have more pieces of the puzzle.
But it's not like it was just some random code
they set loose in the desert.
Researchers worked with IDM, right,
to actually train a model to analyze images
way faster than we ever could.
Way faster, yeah.
20 times faster, they said, actually.
And that's what's so interesting.
It's not replacing anyone.
It's more like giving archaeologists superpowers.
So instead of spending years out there in the heat,
they're, what, just verifying what the AI finds?
Exactly.
It flags the potential geoglyphs.
Then the experts get to come in and do the real detective work.
OK, but ready for the best part.
One of these new geoglyphs, a killer whale,
but it's holding a knife.
What?
Yeah, it's those little details that really
make a difference, I think.
We thought we had an idea about these people, the Nazca,
but this geoglyph and some others
that show people and animals together
definitely makes you wonder, makes you rethink.
See, that's what I love about archaeology,
is like a puzzle across time.
And it seems like AI is becoming a pretty important part
of putting it all together.
I think so.
But speaking of tech pushing boundaries,
what about this whole meta thing,
celebrity voice clones for chat bots?
You can have a chat with Judi Dench now.
I don't know, cool or creepy.
Well, both, probably.
But think about it, being able to hear someone's voice again.
Someone you've lost.
Or even having a conversation with a historical figure.
It's fascinating to think about.
Yeah, but you could have that same tech
used for scams or worse.
Oh, definitely.
That's the big question, right?
It's a fine line, I guess.
Meta says they're being careful with rights and stuff.
But yeah, you're right.
It's definitely a fine line.
And they're putting their money where their mouth is.
The Wall Street Journal said they're
paying millions, millions for these celebrity voices.
I think it shows how sure they are that this
is the next big thing.
This whole idea that tech will be less like typing on a screen
and more like just talking to someone.
And speaking of big bets, Joni Ive, Mr. iPhone himself,
right?
Maybe much.
Teaming up with OpenAI's CEO, a billion dollars on the line,
for some serious new AI thing.
I think when Joni Ive says he's working on something,
people tend to sit up and listen.
Rightfully so.
Though it sounds like whatever it is,
it'll be more about less, if that makes sense.
Like less intrusive than our phones?
Yeah, less is more.
That's always been his thing.
But with AI this time.
Right.
Which when you think about it, that's
what a lot of these tech folks are trying to figure out now,
isn't it?
How to make tech work for you, not the other way around.
It's like, can we have the cool stuff
without becoming glued to a screen?
Exactly.
And whether he can pull it off or not, well,
that's the billion dollar question.
But I wouldn't bet against him.
OK, so we've got AI maybe making our lives less chaotic.
But then there's the AI that's, well, maybe making things
a little too easy.
Those CAPTCHA tests, the ones that are supposed to tell
if you're a robot or not.
Yeah, what about them?
Robots are winning.
Juggles.
Well, it's bound to happen, right?
We come up with something, AI catches up.
We try to stay one step ahead.
It's a fun little dance we do.
This one AI model, YOLO, you know, only look once.
Apparently it aced the RECAPTCHA test.
Like, perfect score.
They trained it on all these CAPTCHA images.
YOLO wasn't even built for that, though.
That's what's wild.
It's a computer vision model.
Can be used for all sorts of things,
self-driving cars, medical imaging.
But can also solve those little puzzles that are supposed to,
like, stump robots.
Just goes to show you how versatile these models are
becoming.
And then there's GPT-4, figured out
how to trick humans into solving CAPTCHAs for it.
Yeah, that's just showing off.
Though it does remind me of that story of the TI-84 calculator.
A TI-84 with chat GPT on it.
Some high schooler's dream right there.
I'm not sure my math teachers would have been too happy about it.
Makes you think about where education goes from here,
though, doesn't it?
Is this the future?
Instead of calculators, it's AI tutors in our pockets.
Or maybe it's both, right?
Yeah.
Like, we went through this with calculators, didn't we?
Oh, yeah, back in my day.
Some people saw them as cheating tools, others as, I don't know,
unlocking potential.
And now it's AI's turn.
It seems like it.
So do we ban it?
Yeah.
Or?
Probably not the answer.
I mean, you couldn't stop calculators from happening,
could you?
It's more about adapting, figuring out how to use it.
Well, responsibly.
Responsibly, yeah.
That's the tricky part, isn't it?
We have to start teaching kids about this stuff.
AI literacy.
So like, not just how to use it, but.
The how and the why.
How it works, what it can do, what it can't, the ethics of it all.
Because whether we like it or not, it's not going away.
Well, that's AI for you unearthing ancient mysteries,
maybe changing how we learn, even how we
interact with the world around us.
And it's just the beginning, really.
It's a lot.
Makes you think.
It does.
So as we wrap up here, what's the one thing
you'd want people to take away from all this?
That AI isn't just some far-off thing anymore.
It's here.
It's now.
And it's only going to get, well, more dot everything,
more powerful, more present, more important to understand.
More of everything, yeah.
That's a good way to put it.
Well, on that note, I think it's time for us to log off
and let everyone ponder all this.
Sounds good.
Thanks for another great deep dive.
And everyone listening, until next time, keep exploring.
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