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Factualized Art – or Portal to Another World?

The daily create gave us a link to make factualized art. Mandelbrot Fractal :: Zazow

I called my creation a frame. But really it reminds me of a sci-fi portal to another world. Does Dr. Strange have anything to do with this? Is Evil Brick really what he is fighting against and not Dormammu? You can decide pretty frame or portal to evil.

Once I made my art I could save and download it. I then put it in Photo Shop. I took the picture of Evil Brick that I colored yesterday and removed him from the background. I then resized it and made it fit nicely in the black void.

link to view the empty frame

Evil Brick sees your soul.

link to Mastodon post #tdc4443 – ds106 Social

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Halfway Done – Week 8

This week’s major assignment required us find a free AI program, test it out, and determine its capabilities, advantages, and disadvantages.You can find the AI tool I used at Chef GPT. According to the assignment, Aggressive Technologies wants to increase the scope of its AI capabilities. For this reason, Julius Lawrence, my course character, will convince Aggressive Technologies to acquire ChefGPT. To learn why Julius Lawrence believes Aggressive Technologies would be wise to purchase ChefGPT, read my blog at Julius Lawrence AI Pitch. The second task for this week was to form our group for the upcoming audio project. Using the names of our course characters, Rishi and I have already formed our group on the Google Spreadsheet called “Julius and Xander Talk!” that was published on Discord. We will talk about AI news and our characters’ own encounters with aggressive technologies in our radio show. As of right now, our group consists of just two individuals, so get in touch if you’d want to join! Next, on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, I completed the daily creates at these links: Sunday’s Daily Create, Monday’s Daily Create, and Tuesday’s Daily Create. This week’s daily creations were fun exercises that let me think creatively and open my thinking. I made some comments on some of my classmates’ work to wrap out the week. All in all, a productive workweek!
I completed the assignments without any problems this week as well. The AI pitch was undoubtedly my favorite project because I always enjoy working with the character. I had the opportunity to investigate a number of AI tools before settling on ChefGPT.
I really wouldn’t alter a thing. I believe I did the best I could on each assignment. At this moment, I have no questions. As of right now, everything is completed accurately thus there aren’t any significant problems with my work.

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Aggressive Technologies: proposal

Good afternoon, My name is Dolly Im here to discuss why HyperWrite will improve Aggressive Technologies performance. This AI application helps better your performance for Aggressive Technologies, it can help you save time and money on projects and assignments. HyperWrite can assist with generating ideas for any assignments or projects. Such as generating essay introductions, and producing introductory paragraphs for your essays. Assist in rewording text based on what you need help with. Creating an outline with your essay and rewriting content as well. For instance, it can help paraphrases and restructure content. We should acquire this tool to assist us in performing better for the company. This could help us eliminate mistakes in our performance in the company and help our workers improve their skills in the work environment. This application offers different types of templates for how you want to write your assignment. Some categories are on writing so being able to rephrase content, flexible auto-write which is where AI can help you write about anything, and Expert Writing Assistant which can help you draft, improve writing, and give advice. An example is Flexible AutoWrite it can help with any task you ask for it to generate so I ask for it to make me an outline on how AI can benefit companies:

Outline on how AI can benefit companies:

I. Introduction
A. Definition of AI
B. Importance of AI in today’s business landscape

II. Automation and Efficiency
A. Streamlining repetitive tasks
B. Reducing human error
C. Increasing productivity

III. Data Analysis and Insights
A. Extracting valuable information from large datasets
B. Leveraging machine learning algorithms for predictive analytics
C. Making data-driven decisions

IV. Customer Experience Enhancement
A. Personalized recommendations and targeted marketing
B. Chatbots for improved customer service and support
C. Sentiment analysis for understanding customer feedback

V. Risk Management and Fraud Detection
A. Identifying patterns and anomalies in financial data
B. Early detection of fraudulent activities
C. Strengthening security measures

VI. Innovation and Product Development
A. AI-powered research and development
B. Accelerating product development cycles
C. Improving product design and optimization

VII. Conclusion
A. Recap of the benefits of AI for companies
B. Emphasizing the need for companies to embrace AI technology

It was able to give me a outline and broke down each section on how I should write it. It can also help with as both business and marketing aspects. Such as, generating emails to respond in a professional manner. Assist on cover letters and LinkedIn Post Generators. On the Marketing aspect, this tool can act as an Expert Marketing Assistant which can provide expert advice, also being able to generate a summary into a Facebook post and help us advertise on social media platforms by targeting our audience. With this application it would overall help us market ourselves better and help us save time by minimizing our mistakes performed in the company. In addition, Help us get our ideas flowing on projects from its AI professional advice.

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Wonder Craft – Pitch by Lady Alice

Wondercraft AI

Hello everyone My name is Lady Alice Smythe.

I would like to introduce you to Wonder Craft. The following was made by the AI algorithm used by Wonder Craft. I gave it the information I wanted it to use in a disorganized manner. After reading I will show you what it had to work with. Enjoy!

Welcome to “AI Uses,” an exploration into the transformative capabilities of artificial intelligence in content creation. Whether you are a marketer looking to craft compelling promotional materials, an entrepreneur seeking to build your brand, or an educational content creator aiming to elevate e-learning experiences, AI offers a myriad of opportunities to revolutionize your approach. The advent of AI writing tools has empowered even the least creative among us, providing an avenue for expression and communication. Such tools are invaluable for busy individuals, saving time without compromising on quality. Acquiring an algorithm that can seamlessly craft blogs, novels, or podcasts—like the dynamic Wondercraft—can not only enhance productivity but also open revenue streams, as any content created can potentially generate income. Imagine the advantages as a marketing or advertising agency, where AI can assist in fabricating audio ads ripe with appeal, or a business using thought-leading podcasts to establish industry authority. Educational content creators can harness AI to produce compelling audio and video content, enriching the learning experience.

News and media publishers might find AI to be a strategic ally in broadening their audience, converting written articles into captivating audio narratives. Audiobook producers and authors can turn stories into immersive listening experiences, while digital writers and bloggers can transform their written content into engaging podcasts. For freelance audio editors and producers, AI tools offer advanced capabilities to craft high-quality podcasts and audiobooks. Corporate communications and human resource departments can leverage AI to enhance internal communications and training, and language learning platforms can create engaging audio materials to aid effective learning. Moreover, translators and localization agencies could utilize AI to streamline and scale their operations, offering multilingual content with ease. Brands and advertisers also stand to benefit, infusing their campaigns with innovation and engaging potential customers in novel ways.

With AI like Wonder Craft, starting a project is as simple as setting up a user ID and choosing your desired format—be it a blog, story, or podcast. It’s tailored for those who value efficiency and creativity, packaged within a user-friendly interface. In a world where user agreements are often skimmed, integrating terms that secure the proprietary rights to generated content can protect the interests of algorithm owners. Such provisions might even permit tapping into the lucrative potential of content monetization. As we navigate the digital landscape, AI tools emerge as instrumental allies, especially for those in the business of communication and storytelling. “AI Uses” invites you to consider the infinite possibilities that artificial intelligence brings to the table, heralding a new era of content creation accessible to the general public and professionals alike. Welcome to the future of creativity.

I think it explained the case beautifully of brining Wounder Craft into the fold of Aggressive Technologies owned assets. Here is a sample of the unorganized thoughts I gave it to work with.

The merits of using AI to write a blog, novel, or story for you. It can help people that are not creative. It can save time for busy people. Acquiring an algorithm that already does this is important. You could embed in the user agreement that you own any and everything you put into the program. If a person uses the program to make a blog, or book that makes money the company can collect. No one reads user agreements. You could encourage people to use the program to make business presentations or sales pitches. The owner of the algorithm could use it for corporate espionage. It would be in Aggressive technologies best interest to by Wonder Craft.

I also chose how many minutes I wanted it to take to read. There is also an audio option with different voices to choose from with variable reading speeds. These are all available to download. You only receive 4 free credits. After that you have to choose a plan to pay for more use. There is also an option to email and ask for help creating a custom plan for you. The more you are willing to pay the more options you have for voices and voice cloning. To produce the track, I had made with audio would be 3.4 credits. I hope you enjoyed this presentation and realize the merits of this new company.

Well Lady Alice made quite the compelling speech there. I emailed the company asking about student plans. There is a student discount code WONDERSCHOOL25 for 25% off monthly plan. I also have made a pod cast script using Wonder Craft and a short story I wrote for a different assignment. Pilot | Listen on wondercraft.ai and the assignment Hear it Here – and a Podcast? – HURKLE-DURKLING Thoughts for DS106 (hurkledurkling.com)

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Week 8 Complete!

This week was very light on the work we needed to complete to be done with our week. I started the week by creating some Daily Creates. The first of which is here: Daily Create #1, the second, Daily Create #2, and the third, Daily Create #3. The first one we had to do had us pick something that goes unnoticed in everyday life and so I chose a pencil and you can read my blog post as to why I chose that. My second daily create asked us to create an image of the first sentence from a book, but add the words, “and then the dragons arrived,” to the end of the sentence and then create an image that represents that sentence. That daily create link is posted above. On Tuesday, I did my final daily create of the week and for this we needed to find a picture and turn it into a scrapbook coloring page. So, I found a really cool picture of a car in the mountains and decided to use that as my picture and once it was turned into a coloring page, I had some fun coloring the different parts in and seeing what I liked and what I could come up with. The next thing we had to do was create a product pitch to Aggressive Technologies about a free AI tool that can be used as a product within their company. I created a blog post about my product located here, but the main premise was that the product that I chose, Colossyan, could be used to create text-to-speech videos. It allowed the user to create various videos and clips that used different backgrounds, music, and avatars to basically create a video for anything. The last thing we needed to do was to create our groups for the Radio Station project that would be happening in Weeks 9 & 10. Once that was done, i did some commenting to round out my work for the week.

I did not encounter too many issues this week when completing my assignments. I thought things went pretty smoothly this week and I enjoyed doing all of the assignments. From this week, I would say that creating the AI pitch was my favorite. This is because I found it very enjoyable to create a pitch for a product that I used multiple times throughout the semester and was finally able to show it off. Once again, I did not encounter any issues this week for any of the assignments.

I definitely think that I accomplished all of the requirements for the assignments for this week and I think I did them to the best of my ability. Like stated before, my favorite assignment was the AI pitch for our course character to Aggressive Technologies. I would not do anything differently for the work that I did this week as it was completed with effort, time, and creativeness. I believe that there are no larger issues at hand with my work. I think that the assignments were done properly and with effort. I do not have any further questions at this time for the class. One thing I will focus on in the future, it just to get better at working with and understanding the Colossyan Video Generator just in case I am in need of using it again in the future.

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Aggressive proposal

Marie is proposing an alternative route for aggressive technologies to pursue so that they can leave her company alone. She proposes the site Ai suggests. Ai suggests is a website that does a lot. From suggesting nutritional advice to writing Instagram captions, and even marketing, Ai suggests does it all. For this example, I am showing how Ai suggest can write a tweet for you. This is useful for business accounts and keeping viewers interactions up.

For this, I found the Tweet template and then input a starting idea.

Starting idea: A tweet about how AI-suggests can make your business better. (Positive)

Final product: “Thanks to Ai-suggests, my business has seen a significant increase in efficiency and productivity. The accuracy and speed of its suggestions have greatly improved our decision-making process. Highly recommend it to any business looking to stay ahead in the market! #AiSuggests #BusinessBoost”

Here is another example:

Starting Idea: A tweet about how Ai-suggests can make your business better. (Negative)

Final Product: “Just tried Ai-suggests for my business and it’s a complete disaster. Garbage suggestions that have only made things worse. Never using this useless tool again. #worstaisoftware #businessfail”

Another example:

Starting idea: A tweet about how Ii-suggests can make your business better. (Neutral)

Final product: “Revolutionize your business with Ai-suggests! Discover new insights and strategies to take your company to the next level. #artificialintelligence #businessgrowth”

This application shows versatility in not only what it can do for you but in how you say it! No more waiting for your writers to get over a block and more getting to what matters most, bringing in more customers.

Evil Brick Returns and so do the gremlins

When I saw The Daily Create, I thought wow this is a nice easy one for today. I really enjoyed the last coloring one. I had fun trying different pictures I had on file. I settled on Evil Brick without the eyebrows. I had fun trying different patterned looks on him. Where I ran into trouble was getting the picture to post. the directions would not work for me. I guess the same gremlins that were ruining my work yesterday are still at it today.  http://scrapcoloring.fr/coloriage-photos-et-dessins?image=evilbrick.1710259028 is supposed to take you to the picture I colored according to the directions on the web page. It doesn’t work for me. It sends you to the webpage but without the evil brick.

MsMapex: “#tdc4442 I have followed the d…” – ds106 Social this will send you to the post on Mastodon

link to coloring page

In the end I took my phone and took a picture of my work on my computer screen. I then cropped the picture.

He stares into your very sole.

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d-id for A.T.

by Greta Hammen

https://www.d-id.com will reduce marketing costs and more.

The steps to create this video were to select an avatar on https://www.d-id.com from the library of options available on their website. You can upload one of your own, if you prefer. You can do the audio on that site, if you have an upgraded account option, otherwise you can only type in ten words. Many options are free of charge on the site. If you created these videos frequently or wanted to have the lovely option of having talking heads in your PowerPoint presentations, it is worth the $29 a month for the pro plan. On AI Voice Generator & Text to Speech | ElevenLabs, I created the audio MP3 using the voice of Lily and downloaded it. Then I returned to d-id.com and uploaded the audio MP3, pressed generate and it synced the avatar with the spoken words. I opened up Premiere Pro and imported it into a new project. On https://freesound.org, I downloaded the sounds in the link Freesound – Analysis Loop by Ehved, which is soft music. I imported the music on a layer in my project and reduced the volume of it by right clicking on it, scrolling down to audio gain and selecting -12. I tried -10 first, but it was still too loud to be the background of a speaker. Then on the audio of the avatar layer, I right clicked and increased the volume by selecting +5, this is done with the same audio gain button as before. I played it, to see if it was successful and exported it as a MPEG4. On YouTube, I uploaded it in my account and copied the link, to embed here.