As we all know, the chatter about AI has been growing at an exponential rate recently, with almost every tweet or technology news article containing at least something about AI. As Forrester states, “Off-the-shelf and custom AI software will grow 50 percent faster than the overall software market over the next two years” (CDO Trends). Yes, I know that the past 2 blog posts I decided to stray away from talking about ChatGPT or AI in general, but I think it’s my time to cave in a little bit.
This week, as I was scrolling through my Twitter feed, I found a tweet describing 20 of the top trending AI tools currently. As shown below, some of these are very unpredictable, so I decided to dive into a few of them for this week’s blog post: CanceledGPT, iplan.ai, and GetBotz.
Some of the AI innovations that are on the rise:
CanceledGPT
Wow… I know I said that I was shocked about some of these new AI products, but this one really shocked me. So, what is CanceledGPT? This AI tool allows users to insert their personal twitter handle or someone else’s, and anything remotely controversial and/or offensive will instantly pop up. After the tweets pop up, the user has the option to either delete the tweet or revise it (if it’s their account). I had no idea that someone would go out of their way to make this, but, as I’ve stated in previous blog posts and comments, AI is slowly taking over the world.
This is kind of crazy as “Cancel Culture” has been a rollercoaster the past couple of years, so it will be interesting to see how Twitter users (especially celebrities and social media influencers) will use CanceledGPT to revise their tweets. I believe that this AI tool will definitely allow some people to be “off the hook” once their tweets are deleted or re-edited. Unless, of course, someone, somewhere took a screenshot of the tweet…
Furthermore, As Elon Musk recently tweeted, “…we will use AI to detect & highlight manipulation of public opinion on this platform.” (The National News). It will definitely be interesting to see what will be considered “offensive” in the next few months, especially if it’s public opinion.
Either way, a word of advice: if you have anything that could be considered remotely offensive, maybe it’s time to delete it!
Below is a picture of how the website looks:
iplan.ai
I know we are all still recovering from our post-spring break depression, but I wanted to shed light on one of the coolest new AI tools (at least to me): iplan.ai. This AI innovation creates a complete trip schedule in minutes. First, users have to specify their travel destination and the amount of days they are traveling for. Then, users state their interests and overall budget. With these preferences stated, iplan.ai will create a complete itinerary according to how much each location matches the user’s preference. Also, this tool will make a plan in order by grouping places together by walkability or driveability.
Although there are many of these travel/itinerary AI tools coming out, this one does seem like it might be a frontrunner due to iplan.ai already being an application that users can download on their mobile devices. I wonder if this will continue to eliminate the need for travel agents/companies in the future. I guess we’ll just have to see!
The video below gives a bit of clarification on how it works:
GetBotz
Last but probably one of the most potentially disruptive AI tools to this class: GetBotz. This innovation literally does the entire blogging process for writers/bloggers. From coming up with the blog post idea to writing the blog post itself, this tool could potentially disturb the blogging industry as we know it. So…how does it work? Basically, GetBotz works with OpenAI to get access to A LOT of data, including keywords and traffic patterns. Furthermore, to use this tool, users must connect with their search console (aka, Google or Safari). Although this may seem a bit creepy, most companies collect our data without us knowing anyways. According to their website, GetBotz has over 4000 blogs published in only a week (ProductHunt). I know we will all be good students and not use GetBotz in this class, but it will be intriguing to see if GetBotz can match the creativity of regular bloggers.
The Future
Along with the three different AI tools I brought up, there are sooo many others, including an AI tool that helps users come up with recipes and a tool that can completely erase the need for Tableau (Data Management emphasis people–don’t freak out!). As stated in the “The Business of Artificial Intelligence: What it Can and Can not do for your business” article that we read in class, “AI is the most important general-purpose technology of our era”. There is no doubt that AI will continue to grow in the future and disrupt industries that we’ve never even thought it could disrupt. But as Mike Pinkerton stated, it will be even more interesting to see how far the regulation over artificial intelligence will go. Will it make us lazier or uncreative? Has it already? I guess we have to find out!