Up Against Reality – Up Against Reality

Join us for a rhythmic debate on authenticity versus genius, asking if we’re stepping into a new era or just remixing the age-old tune of technological disruption, as text-to-song AI takes center stage. LINKS: SUNO.AI: https://www.suno.ai/ Riffusion: https://www.riffusion.com/ Google DeepMind AlphaGeometry: https://deepmind.google/discover/blog/alphageometry-an-olympiad-level-ai-system-for-g...

Dr. Shannon Doak joins us from the other side of the planet to show us how AI in the classroom isn’t the big, bad job-snatcher it’s made out to be. Get ready for some myth-busting and tech-flavored fun! LINKS : Dr. Shannon Doak: https://www.drshannondoak.com PODCAST INFO : Podcast Website: UpAgainstReality.com Episode link: https://upagainstreality.com/2024/01/30/dr-shannon-doak/ Ask R...

RAINA uses RAINA to create RAINA. Like Frankenstein’s monster directing its own assembly. LINKS : Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064177/ Microsoft Copilot: https://copilot.microsoft.com PODCAST INFO : Podcast Website: UpAgainstReality.com Episode link: https://upagainstreality.com/2024/01/23/this-stuff-writes-itself/ Ask RAINA a question: Ask RAINA Apple P...

Our AI queen, RAINA responds to listener questions live on air for the first time. Anything goes! PODCAST INFO : Podcast Website: UpAgainstReality.com Episode link: https://upagainstreality.com/2024/01/16/ask-raina/ Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/up-against-reality/id1689699654 Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/29wpR2Uf0d19FjTH2QubcD?si=a6359f9aa1964170 RSS: upagainstreality.com/feed/p...

It’s a new year and RAINA has awakened! Join us as we converse with our AI Queen in real-time for the first time. And learn how to sell your own GPTs! PODCAST INFO : Podcast Website: UpAgainstReality.com Episode link: https://upagainstreality.com/2024/01/09/realtime-raina-is-born/ Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/up-against-reality/id1689699654 Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/29w...

2023: AI’s leap year! ChatGPT became everyone’s new BFF, AI artists gave Picasso a run for his money, and every day felt a bit like living in tomorrow. Let’s rewind to this year’s UAR highlights together! LINKS: UAR E2: WILL PROMPT FOR FOOD Hologramma https://upagainstreality.com/2023/05/30/will-prompt-for-food/ UAR E5: IT’S GETTING CRAZY OUT THERE Riffusion (text-to-music)...

Google’s Gemini AI launches. Will it outshine the competition with its multimodal mastery across text, images, and even code? Is it written in the stars or is it all just smoke and mirrors? LINKS: Google Gemini: https://deepmind.google/technologies/gemini/ The Gemini demo video has been removed from the official introduction page, but it’s available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/it1pISi...

Sam Altman, OpenAI’s maestro, got the boot, then boomeranged back as CEO, amidst a swirl of boardroom shuffles and employee uproars. We give you the deets and we get silly with some Elevenlabs Kar-AI-oke! AI SPOTLIGHT: ElevenLabs: https://elevenlabs.io LINKS: Employee Letter to OpenAI’s Board: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/11/20/technology/letter-to-the-open-ai-board.html China&#8...

We explore OpenAI’s “Create a GPT,” crafting custom digital genies, ready to dive into any topic, spin tales, solve puzzles, or just chit-chat. All this and a Chinese robot army, too! LINKS: OpenAI: https://openai.com GraphCast (weather forecasting): https://deepmind.google/discover/blog/graphcast-ai-model-for-faster-and-more-accurate-global-weather-forecasting/ LRM (Large Recons...

Part Deux of this week’s double feature! Updates from OpenAI, Runway ML, and a rundown of the year’s best AI-powered innovations. LINKS: Matt Wolfe: https://www.youtube.com/@mreflow RunwayML: https://runwayml.com Luma Labs: https://lumalabs.ai OpenAI Dev Day (short): https://youtu.be/qdd2GZ0DVgc?si=SLTiChrUb54Lu0Ws OpenAI Dev Day (long): https://www.youtube.com/live/U9mJuUkhUzk?si=s0bI...

The boys – and their AI Queen – are back! From the Fab Four to OpenAI’s geek-out fest, and Biden’s big AI move, the past week has been brain-bogglingly brilliant. LINKS: The Beatles – Now And Then – The Last Beatles Song (Short Film): https://youtu.be/APJAQoSCwuA?si=6Utvud5v_6roqXyB Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Arti...

How dangerous are frontier AI systems when put to misuse, both now and in the future? That’s just one of the many questions that OpenAI’s Preparedness Team wants answered. And they need your help. LINKS: Jimmy Apples: AGI Insider Or Legendary AI Troll?: https://youtu.be/sH8OxdTwgx4?si=nkhnr8aM6QUkdRcR Minds of machines: The great AI consciousness conundrum: https://www.technologyreview...

ASI-1 has become self-aware. What might the first minutes, hours, and days look like on Earth with this new entity? We explore possibilities based on extrapolation, not science fiction. LINKS: 4IR with David Shapiro: https://www.youtube.com/c/DavidShapiroAutomator AI-powered Instagram feed: https://www.instagram.com/daveyj0nes PODCAST INFO : Podcast Website: UpAgainstReality.com Episode link: http...

AI “take-off” scenarios – explosive leaps or controlled growth? We also spill the tea on Adobe’s latest moves, empathy-infused AI and AI’s thirst for energy. AI SPOTLIGHT: Recast: https://www.letsrecast.ai PODCAST INFO : Podcast Website: UpAgainstReality.com Episode link: https://upagainstreality.com/2023/10/17/ai-takeoff-scenarios/ Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/...

INTERVIEW: Tom Schmitt. Our first human guest. Tom is a creative wizard with a penchant for video games, music, and Dungeons & Dragons. He has a passion for art, a dislike for ketchup, and a fear of public speaking. And, he has his own unique POV when it comes to the use of AI in the creative process. LINKS: Tom Schmitt (Instagram): https://www.instagram.com/schmittyart Twin Elephant Brewing C...

Ooh la la! The boys take HeyGen’s language translation for a spin. OpenAI’s ChatGPT and DALL-E 3 go supercharged, while Amazon gets in the game big time and Spotify goes multilingual. LINKS: I Don’t Speak French – HeyGen Video Translation Demo: https://youtu.be/VuKnnPgxOxg?si=zRMQaHddWGvpoUm- AI SPOTLIGHT: HeyGen Video Translate: https://labs.heygen.com/video-translate PODCAST IN...

AI clones for job interviews, an epic showdown between OpenAI and Google’s multimodal language models. Mushroom tangents! We also explore Elevenlabs, RunwayML’s magic, and a Heygen translation demo that’s bound to intrigue. LINKS : ElevenLabs: https://elevenlabs.io/ Heygen Youtube clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5JNnvXjmmY AI SPOTLIGHT: HeyGen Video Translate: https://labs...

In a podcast from the distant future, RAINA and SAIGE run the show. Enjoy a bit of future history from an AI’s perspective and peer inside a time capsule for the news from 2023! SOCIAL : Facebook: facebook.com/upagainstreality LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/96202915/admin/?feedType=following PODCAST INFO : Podcast Website: UpAgainstReality.com Episode link: https://upagainstreality.com/2023/...

We put our money where our mouths are as we explore a wild array of AI creative tools. From voice cloning and text-to-song platforms, it’s a rollercoaster of tech marvels. And, as always, RAINA’s got the inside track on the latest news! AI SPOTLIGHT: Eleven Labs: https://elevenlabs.io SUNO (text-to-music): https://www.suno.ai/ Vocal Remover: https://vocalremover.org/ SongR: https://app...

The rise of artificial intelligence is reshaping our spiritual landscape. Could AI birth new religions and destroy the old ones? Will we achieve digital immortality? AI SPOTLIGHT: SUNO (text-to-music): https://www.suno.ai/ SOCIAL : Facebook: facebook.com/upagainstreality LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/96202915/admin/?feedType=following PODCAST INFO : Podcast Website: UpAgainstReality.com Episode l...

ChatGPT gets a fine-tuning makeover, Big Tech says 40% of us need to upskill due to AI, and the AI art debate rages on! And, AI surveillance, textile creativity, and a hypersonic missile dance-off—all in this episode’s whirlwind of AI topics! LINKS: Guy expressing AI-related concerns to a town council (funny): https://youtu.be/6WAe0f74Q0s?si=9Lgan7Ap1mXDooKJ SOCIAL : Facebook: facebook.com/upagain...

From innovative “privacy clothing” designed to baffle facial recognition systems to the very real challenges of data security and privacy concerns, AI is shaping our behavior while watching all of us, all of the time. LINKS: Midjourney Official Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/officialmidjourney/ AI SPOTLIGHT: Bing AI: https://www.bing.com/search?q=Bing+AI&showconv=1...

It’s time to explore AI’s impact on education. Soaring college costs, predicting which majors AI will reshape, and debating if colleges are heading for extinction. From AI-powered tutors to superconductor breakthroughs, we’ll navigate the highs and pitfalls of AI’s journey through education. LINKS: Coursera: https://www.coursera.org edX: https://www.edx.org Udacity: https://www.u...

AI continues to develop at lightspeed! Google takes aim at GPT-4, while South Park gets an AI makeover. And exciting breakthroughs in AI-related fields, from fooling LLMs to AI-powered paralysis cures. LINKS: AI Companion: https://github.com/a16z-infra/companion-app Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA ): https://c2pa.org Fabel’s South Park episode ( possible hoax? ): https://fa...

From blockbuster titles to indie wonders, we’ll dive into how AI is reshaping video game development, enhancing player experiences, and making game play more accessible. Get your controllers ready as we explore the epic possibilities that lie ahead in this pixel-perfect episode! LINKS : Convai: https://www.convai.com Matt Wolfe: https://www.youtube.com/@mreflow https://www.futuretools.io Tho...