Bible Verses of the Day

12 Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him. [James 1:12 ESV]

What's in this week's issue?

• 🧠 Majority of people believe AI like ChatGPT is conscious, finds poll

• 🐦️ Bird Buddy’s new AI feature lets people name and identify individual birds

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• 📰 AI News

• 🧰 AI Tools

Two-thirds of people believe AI has some form of consciousness or feeling and could affect how people interact with machine learning systems.

A recent survey from the University of Waterloo revealed that most people (two-thirds) believe that AI tools like ChatGPT have some form of consciousness and can experience feelings and memories. This is not true but consumer-facing large language models tend to adopt a conversational style when in use, which might be causing the confusion.

The researchers from the University of Waterloo argue that, if people believe that AI has some level of consciousness, it could affect how people interact with AI tools. Believing an inanimate tool has feelings and thoughts could mean people develop social bonds with the models.

As hardware startups go, few are more fun than Bird Buddy. The simple innovation of mounting a connected camera on a bird feeder has developed a strong customer base and an army of knockoffs. Our own Sarah Perez is a noted fan of the gadget.

Today, the Michigan-based company announced Name That Bird, a new AI-powered feature that lets users name — and track — individual birds. While we can’t yet speak to the feature’s efficacy, it’s easy to see how it was one of the most requested among users. It’s an added kind of emotional connection to these strange little backyard visitors you watch eating on cam.

Name That Bird determines individual members of a species by identifying distinguishing characteristics that most humans would be hard-pressed to spot.

Easy Cloud News

Listen or read the following transcript as Richard Belcher focuses on an overview of the book of Jeremiah, presenting insights from his extensive studies in Old Testament theology.

The following unedited transcript is provided by Beluga AI.

AI News

• 🪙 OpenAI breach is a reminder that AI companies are treasure troves for hackers (link)

• 🤖 Elon Musk reveals Grok 2 will ‘probably’ be ready by next month (link)

• 🔎 OpenAI's CriticGPT catches errors in code generated by ChatGPT (link)

• 💃 Learning dance moves could help humanoid robots work better with humans (link)

• 💲 Google’s environmental report pointedly avoids AI’s actual energy cost (link)

AI Tools

• 💻️ TensorFlow: An end-to-end platform for machine learning (link)

• 🐋 Beluga: Christian sermon and lecture transcripts, translations and more (link)

• ⚡️ Tellius: Faster answers and deeper insights from complex data (link)

• 💬 Prosodica: Improve the way your business communicates with customers (link)

• 🖍️ Craiyon: Transform your ideas into stunning visuals effortlessly (link)