The artificial intelligence research lab OpenAI on Tuesday launched the newest version of its stunning language software, GPT-4, an advanced tool for analyzing images and mimicking human speech, pushing the technical and ethical boundaries of a rapidly proliferating wave of AI.
OpenAI’s earlier product ChatGPT captivated and unsettled the public with its uncanny ability to generate elegant writing, unleashing a viral wave of college essays, screenplays and conversations — though it could only generate text, and it relied on an older generation of technology that hasn’t been cutting edge for more than a year.
GPT-4, in contrast, is a state-of-the-art system capable of creating not just words but describing images in response to a person’s simple written commands. When shown a photo of a boxing glove hanging over a wooden seesaw with a ball on one side, for instance, a person can ask what will happen if the glove drops, and GPT-4 will respond that it would hit the seesaw and cause the ball to fly up.
Alpaca AI intro:
I was able to get my hands on ChatGPT this morning. I was able to quickly determine the kilowatt hours needed to push a Grand Banks 36 at 7 knots. Determined the weight of a lithium air battery (Still in the lab so this is just a Saturday morning exercise https://www.iit.edu/news/breakthrough-lithium-air-batteries-could-help-put-more-electric-vehicles-road)
However, within just a few minutes of chatting a workable road plan with design constraints was done.
Note: A Grand Banks hull with two pod drives capable of 50
kilowatts each, running at 25 percent capacity, or 25 kilowatts can drive a Grand Banks 36 for 100 hours at 7 knots in relativity calm conditions. While this isa about a third of the range with diesel engines, it absolutely with the mission profile of a typical Grand Banks. What is more, if the donor hull for this boat was in truly bad condition, it would need to be as this transformation would require extensive work, then the slight (600 pound) difference in weight between the engines and the as yet not available battery packs could be made up by rebuilding the deck house and flying bridge with modern light weight materials.
Cool
stuff.
Way cool
Cheers
Qazulight
I am about to try Version 5.0 of Mid-journey tonight. I want to see how fast I can learn to adapt parameters for prompting 100 logos for a local business. This is one I have never tried, but, this A/I has a load of buzz attached to it by Gen Zers. (Video and imagery uses are cutting old labor costs by 90+% or more. Get an iPHone, a green screen, and Mid-Journey software for editing and more and you, my friend, are a film director. And the A/I for music production from a different A/I? Oh man, I must learn that one too.)
Now that’s the first blue-collar use I’ve heard of. Brilliant! My landlord’s young son who just graduated from Marine Propulsion school here at our local community college will love learning this from me (and I’ll mention your name in honor.) Man, see? I learned another use for Chat GPT.
Can you imagine a laptop, a foreman on a giant construction site fixing spackling, and more problems pop up? He could ask ChatGPT to write 800 words on how to solve the problem of cement which is not impervious to saltwater.
I promise you with just four or five prompts, you or I could give that foreman a list of things to do to correct bigger problems that developed.
There will be a day we will load up photos of say a conrete footer and ask ChatGPT to design a home from the ground up. That day is today. I’ve already seen the most amazing renderings and blue prints for homes designed by laymen who never took architecture in college.
Imagine being a blue collar worker who isn’t afraid to sweat. You go to a job. You punch in what the homeowner wants done. You offer him 10 different looks on a job for trim carpentry, or 24 looks for a newly designed (in sharp photographic renderings) yard. This is where construction, utility work, landscaping, farming, you name it, is going to cut costs and make better time building better-designed systems.
I saw a guy construct a song from scratch on youtube video the other day. The guy could not sing. He could not read music. And yet he built a song for his youtube channel from scratch and I would say it was better than 99% of the stuff on the radio. The beautiful thing is he no longer has to pay for music beds for his youtube videos and the songs can be used - by him - over and over without paying a royalty.
On the flip side, now people with music stuck in their heads but no means to afford a studio can now construct songs using A/I.
I’m stoked.
Please share any videos on any A/I here. Thanks. Hope you, your wife, and your son are well.
I have been wanting to use Mayhem by Imelda May as the base track for Acts 1 and 3 of a three part musical. I might add a couple more of hers from albums in the same period. I first saw her on Jeff Beck’s tribute to Les Paul singing Hold that Tiger and Walking in the Sand. Back then she just got into the zone to sing.
I think I would use Love Shack as the last song from Act 1 as the transition to Act 2. Act 2 would be in “The Love Shack” which would be a time portal that moved the characters from the mid 1950’s to the 2010’s (Mayhem and most of Imelda May’s early work is rock a billy)
At the “Love Shack” I would use “Blurred Lines” “Mambo Number 5” and “Feel it Still” The idea being that the three innocent couples would be broken up by the hyper sexualization in the future. The final song in Act 2 would be “Mayhem” and the broken couples would return to the Mid 5O’s for act 3.
My idea is to feed the whole mess into ChatGPT and work out character development, arrangements for brass band plus piano and acoustic bass with a pick up.
Once that is done run the whole thing through again for choreography.
Then you got yourself a science fiction rock a billy rock opera.
And I don’t have a creative bone in my body!
Cheers
Qazulight
P.S. Listen to Mayhem, and if you haven’t listened to the Jeff Beck Les Paul tribute. The songs selection was influenced by Jeff Beck’s first run in with rock and roll in the Movie “The Girl Can’t Help It” available on Youtube.
Q, check out this new use of A/I: design your own podcast.
Very whompy at this moment, but, I’ve seen one person use this on Twitter and his podcast was better than 80% of most podcasts on Twitter.
I just typed in “List of new songs released last week.”
This is what I got:
A 4;37 podcast spoken by an A/I voice. It’s a male voice. And the bits he speaks about every song is filled with info I don’t have to go searching for on Billboard for hours. It’s done. It’s here, and the podcast voice tells me things about each artist and song I never knew. Did I know The Weeknd was Canadian? Not until my first podcast informed me.
(If the URL doesn’t give you my prompt, know that the podcast was done in about one minute or less. Try it out. When you land on that website, design your first podcast.)
So I wonder if I could design a podcast with three people?
That’s a job for later today.
This is our chat. It hasn’t given me everything I want yet. I think I will have to pull the lyrics on each song and add it into the chat.
Cheers
Qazulight
I think I would use Love Shack as the last song from Act 1 as the transition to Act 2. Act 2 would be in “The Love Shack” which would be a time portal that moved the characters from the mid 1950’s to the 2010’s (Mayhem and most of Imelda May’s early work is rock a billy) At the “Love Shack” I would use “Blurred Lines” “Mambo Number 5” and “Feel it Still” The idea being that the three innocent couples would be broken up by the hyper sexualization in the future. The final song in Act 2 would be “Mayhem” and the broken couples would return to the Mid 5O’s for act 3. My idea is to feed the whole mess into ChatGPT and work out character development, arrangements for brass band plus piano and acoustic bass with a pick up. Once that is done run the whole thing through again for choreography. Then you got yourself a science fiction rock a billy rock opera.
That sounds like an exciting and unique concept for a rock opera! It’s great that you have already thought about the music and the transition between acts. As for character development, you could start by thinking about the motivations and desires of each character and how they change throughout the story. It might also be helpful to consider the relationships between the characters and how they are affected by the time travel element.
For the arrangements of the songs, you could experiment with different instrumentation and tempos to create a distinctive sound for the production. It’s also important to consider the dynamics of each song and how they fit into the overall narrative.
In terms of choreography, you could work with a choreographer to create movements that complement the music and help tell the story. It’s important to keep in mind the different styles of dance that might be appropriate for each song and the characters performing them.
Overall, it sounds like you have a solid foundation for your science fiction rock a billy rock opera. Good luck with the development and production process!
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Lets think about the music first. These are a list of songs that we might use.
Great, let’s start by exploring the potential songs for your rock opera. What songs are on your list?
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I was thinking an open with the All about that bass mixed like Scott Bradley’s post modern band. Maybe as an introduction to the 6 main characters maybe as a band either performing a show or a audition. Then use these some of the songs to introduce the characters and there romantic relationships. The rock a billy songs, almost all Imelda May songs would be in Acts 1 and 3. The others would be in Act 2 which would take place in the 2010’s. So let’s start out in Act 1 and select some songs to introduce that characters.
Great, that’s a good starting point! Here are some songs that could work well in Act 1 to introduce the characters:
- “Johnny B. Goode” by Chuck Berry
- “Sh-Boom” by The Chords
- “At the Hop” by Danny & the Juniors
- “Why Do Fools Fall in Love” by Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
- “Rockin’ Robin” by Bobby Day
- “Hound Dog” by Elvis Presley
- “Blue Suede Shoes” by Carl Perkins
- “Great Balls of Fire” by Jerry Lee Lewis
- “Jailhouse Rock” by Elvis Presley
- “Tutti Frutti” by Little Richard
These songs are all classic rock and roll hits from the 1950s and would be perfect for introducing the characters and their romantic relationships. You could experiment with different arrangements and tempos to create a cohesive sound for the production.
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Here is the list I wanted to use. I forgot to enter them. Sorry.
No problem! Please let me know what songs are on your list and we can go from there.
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Wild Woman It’s Good to Be Alive Pulling the Rug Psycho Mayhem All for You Eternity Inside Out Proud and Humble Sneaky Freak Too Sad to Cry I’m Alive Tainted Love Johnny Got A Boom Boom Big Bad Handsome Man Happy Pharrel Williams Mambo Number 5 Uptown Funk Blurred lines Feel It Still Fireball Play that funky music Love Shack
That’s a great list of songs! Based on these selections, here are some suggestions for how they could be used in your rock opera:
Act 1:
- “Wild Woman” by Imelda May: This song could be used to introduce one of the female characters and her personality, perhaps a confident and rebellious one.
- “Mayhem” by Imelda May: This song could be used as a climactic moment in Act 1, perhaps as a conflict arises between the characters.
- “All for You” by Imelda May: This song could be used to introduce a romantic relationship between two of the characters.
Act 2:
- “Blurred Lines” by Robin Thicke ft. T.I. & Pharrell: This song could be used to explore the hypersexualization of the future and how it affects the characters and their relationships.
- “Mambo Number 5” by Lou Bega: This song could be used as a fun and lighthearted moment in Act 2, perhaps during a dance sequence.
- “Feel It Still” by Portugal. The Man: This song could be used to reflect on the changes in the world between the 1950s and the present day.
Act 3:
- “Tainted Love” by Soft Cell: This song could be used to explore a broken romantic relationship between two of the characters.
- “Johnny Got a Boom Boom” by Imelda May: This song could be used as a triumphant moment as the characters come together to overcome their conflicts.
- “Love Shack” by The B-52s: This song could be used as a celebratory moment at the end of the show as the characters come together and find love.
Of course, these are just suggestions and you could experiment with different combinations and arrangements of the songs to create the desired effect for your rock opera.
Q, imagine you own a bunch of newsletters dependent on videos, analysts, and loads of new analysts who know less about a company than somebody like Rob, Al, Ron, etc., all the smart F/A types who actually, you know, read, digest, think, spitball, and who no longer trust Motley Fool to give you the best investing ideas.
Let’s say you and your brother sit in a locked office, shades down, and you use ChtGPT for the first time and you prompt:
“Type 400 words about why Berkshire Hathaway invested in Occidental Petroleum.”
So, to demonstrate ChatGPT4 let’s just do that now,
Here is a 400 word piece as written by ChatGPT in 30 seconds or less.
Now if you are a writer with no scruples, you check ChatGPT’s work. You fix mistakes . . . if you find them. You also rewrite with maybe better verbs or synonyms. Once your copy is ready (about 10 minutes of manual editing) you’ll send that in to say Seeking Alpha, medium, blogger, Motley Fool, and you put your name in the byline. Oh, and go by GO and collect $200 for all this work:
ChatGPT3 on Berkie’s Occidental holdings:
Berkshire Hathaway, the conglomerate headed by Warren Buffett, surprised many in the investment world when it announced in 2019 that it was investing $10 billion in Occidental Petroleum. This investment represented a significant departure from Berkshire Hathaway’s traditional focus on companies with stable earnings and long-term growth prospects, and it raised many questions about why the company had chosen to invest in an oil and gas producer.
One of the key factors driving Berkshire Hathaway’s investment in Occidental Petroleum was likely the company’s strong management team. Occidental Petroleum had recently made a bid to acquire Anadarko Petroleum, a move that many in the industry saw as risky. However, Occidental’s management team, led by CEO Vicki Hollub, had a reputation for being savvy dealmakers and had put together a plan to finance the acquisition through a combination of debt and equity. Buffett has long been a proponent of investing in companies with strong management teams, and it’s likely that he saw the potential in Occidental’s leadership.
Another factor that may have influenced Berkshire Hathaway’s decision to invest in Occidental Petroleum was the company’s attractive valuation. Occidental’s stock price had taken a hit in the wake of the Anadarko acquisition, and some investors saw it as undervalued. Additionally, Occidental had recently raised its dividend, which would have made it an attractive option for income-seeking investors. By investing in Occidental, Berkshire Hathaway may have seen an opportunity to buy into a company at a discounted price, with the potential for long-term gains.
Finally, it’s possible that Berkshire Hathaway’s investment in Occidental Petroleum was driven by the company’s long-standing commitment to the energy sector. While Buffett has famously avoided investing in technology companies, he has been a strong proponent of the oil and gas industry, and has made significant investments in companies such as ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips in the past. By investing in Occidental Petroleum, Berkshire Hathaway may have seen an opportunity to capitalize on the long-term potential of the energy sector, while also generating solid returns for its shareholders.
Overall, while Berkshire Hathaway’s investment in Occidental Petroleum may have come as a surprise to many, it is likely the result of a careful analysis of the company’s management team, valuation, and long-term potential. Whether this investment ultimately proves to be a wise one remains to be seen, but it demonstrates the willingness of Buffett and his team to think outside the box and explore new investment opportunities.
(Again, written by ChatGPT3, in 30 second or less.)
In essence, you could hire just 3 writers using ChatGPT and fill the opening page of Motley Fool with dozens of articles every day, all written by a machine which learns from input and your prompts.
Our articles will need images too.
You know how Motley Fool always has some Shutterstock photos accompanying their articles? Well, no more buying stock images. You go to MidJourney5 and make your own photos from scratch.
So, Q, I have to head down to the hospital later this morning for another blood test. I was going to join MidJourney right now, but, I’d rather wait, relax, take off my shoes, talk to my cat Nick Cat9, and then start uncorking MidJourney.
I will lay my first examples here in this thread.
Just to force me to work on this today, I have my first prompt for MidJourney and I cannot wait to try this out later today:
“Show me a high-def picture of Warren Buffett dressed in an oil rigger’s hard hat and overalls picking up hundred dollar bills by an oil derrick…”
Know that we can ask for a dozen or 100 images to match my prompt. Let’s go for just a dozen images (coming soon, later today) and we’ll even vote on the image we’ll use for our ChatGPT written article corrected by me.
We might add second, third, fourth, and more prompts to our original. A second prompt might be: “Throw some cigar butts down on the ground mixed in with the hundred dollar bills in Images No. 2, 6, & 8.”
Note: forr our example of the written word, the above 400 words from ChatGPT stand uncorrected. I have not edited.
Looking forward to using MidJourney today.
p.s. I’m signing up for the $8 monthly plan billed once a year for $96.00. If I am using this more than expected, I’ll step it up to another plan.
But here’s my idea: I’ll make 100 logos for a car dealer in Key West. I’ll have GPT write a short ad for every car on his lot, giving us features and translating that into benefits. Then I run down, see a friend who works as a salesman there and have him introduce his boss (who might remember me from different bars I worked) to me. I hand this progressive dealer my 100 logos for his new push into EVs. I’ll take my friend, have him star in phone camera videos showing off the new bays for EVs, I’ll ask him about charging in the Keys, I’ll ask him to give me a few names of Key West people who we can interview about their cars. Maybe toss the people giving testimonials a free tire rotation to be used whenever they want.
p.s. This example of a 400 word article with an image is a youtube video waiting to happen for old folks wondering why the ChatGPT news is growing clout on youtube. Explain in the voiceover the video is for Gen Xers and Boomers and instead of a machine gun motor mouth, I calm down the delivery, don’t star in the video and pitch crap like my new Udemy channel (which I do not have, just saying too many presenters on youtube waste my attention with embedded ads they present,_ I will just supply the voice instead of having an A/I generated voice.
And here’s another thing: youtube videos show you how to design youtube videos with edits, snips of news, screenshots of newspaper headlines, whiteboard constructs, charts, graphs, etc., all searched for, collated, and put together in one seamless video made by A/I. It will even (the A.I.) write your storyboard.
Youtube will require loads of learning on my part. But, that’s a goal.
Okay, let me focus on pre-market and then push off to the hospital.
Q, if you’re checking in, I am about an hour away from taking MidJourney for a spin. Was nauseous last night and earlier this morning. Just waking up after interrupted sleep.
New videos to share on MidJourney5 are blowing up youtube. So many uses.
Make that two hours till the MidJourney sign-up. Gotta breeze outside for some clean air, sunshine, and exercise.
Yeah, well, what a mess I’ve got to clear up before posting more in this thread,
Yesterday, I had an email/voicemail which I heard 30 minutes after Genesis Oncological closed. I should have started my new cycle of Chemo yesterday, and that is not what my calendar/schedule says - and they print out my calendars.
There’s some new woman in the office. I don’t know her. But she made it out that I was “missing” Chemo.
My list shows me taking off 2-3 weeks.
I don’t know what is going on.
I slapped a new battery into my motorcycle. I worked in the yard and met with my landlord. He showed me areas in the yard where he wishes to build new buildings for boats and his younger son who will move back to the Keys from Naples. He plans on opening a boat repair biz over by our barn.
Anyway, during these discussions, I helped him clear an area so he can pour some footers. Worked til dusk. Came in. Read the text of the Genesis voicemail. Tried to play the voicemail and it’s very confusing to me.
So, I took a Unisom and went to sleep from 9:00 PM til 6:00 AM. The longest sleep since I’ve had Cancer. Also, once I fired up the bike, I had to run to Ace Hardware for some things for some bolts for my side covers on the bike.
So I am up, about to shower, and then I’m riding down to Key West on the motorcycle - and my wife is all worried about me going into the chair at Chemo Cafe.
I promised her I’d park around the back of the care center. If they decide to start a new cycle of Chemo today, I will judge when I come out of that chair for a 3-hour session whether I’m strong enough and not dizzy to ride the bike back to the ranch.
If not, I call my wife at work and have her pick me up, leaving the bike down there until I’m clear of this new session.
The bike is filthy. Embarrassingly filthy. Been working on it for weeks and yesterday, with the new battery, I finally got the beast back on the road after having changed the oil and plugs and filled the tires with the right air pressure, and a few other things I did last week and weekend.
My self-repair negates a tow to a motorcycle shop where mechanics are needed. Yuri, my mechanic, is slammed and told me his turnaround on that bike would be weeks. Well, this Cancer patient with Chemo brain went to youtube, watched a slew of videos, and figured out what was wrong with the bike. The chrome on the bike shows rust, even though I had her covered up under a bike tarp. But the bike is working fine now.
So, I will put this MidJourney example off a day, maybe a week, depending on what my Oncologist says.
My stress level is up. I got to take care of the Cancer business today and get on the same page as my Chemo Cafe.
Everyone, have a good day, and let’s see what the Fed does. If I’m in a Chemo chair, I’ll watch the announcement on my cellphone. I hope not. I was feeling the best I’ve felt yesterday since JAN 2022.
Okay. Shower time. I got a big miscommunication to clear up. I got some good news too last week concerning my Cancer and I wanted to hold off sharing it until I have another consult with another Doctor on April 6th, which might change with this calendar mistake.
Last week was magic.
This week is a complete breakdown of stress-free thinking I had the calendar all straight. Big mistake here in Cancer treatment.
Gone.
Q, imagine you own a bunch of newsletters dependent on videos, analysts, and loads of new analysts who know less about a company than somebody like Rob, Al, Ron, etc., all the smart F/A types who actually, you know, read, digest, think, spitball, and who no longer trust Motley Fool to give you the best investing ideas.
Let’s say you and your brother sit in a locked office, shades down, and you use ChtGPT for the first time and you prompt:
“Type 400 words about why Berkshire Hathaway invested in Occidental Petroleum.”
So, to demonstrate ChatGPT4 let’s just do that now,
Here is a 400 word piece as written by ChatGPT in 30 seconds or less.
Now if you are a writer with no scruples, you’ll send that in to say Seeking Alpha, medium, blogger, Motley Fool, and you put your name in the byline. Oh, and go by GO and collect $200 for all this work:
Berkshire Hathaway, the conglomerate headed by Warren Buffett, surprised many in the investment world when it announced in 2019 that it was investing $10 billion in Occidental Petroleum. This investment represented a significant departure from Berkshire Hathaway’s traditional focus on companies with stable earnings and long-term growth prospects, and it raised many questions about why the company had chosen to invest in an oil and gas producer.
One of the key factors driving Berkshire Hathaway’s investment in Occidental Petroleum was likely the company’s strong management team. Occidental Petroleum had recently made a bid to acquire Anadarko Petroleum, a move that many in the industry saw as risky. However, Occidental’s management team, led by CEO Vicki Hollub, had a reputation for being savvy dealmakers and had put together a plan to finance the acquisition through a combination of debt and equity. Buffett has long been a proponent of investing in companies with strong management teams, and it’s likely that he saw the potential in Occidental’s leadership.
Another factor that may have influenced Berkshire Hathaway’s decision to invest in Occidental Petroleum was the company’s attractive valuation. Occidental’s stock price had taken a hit in the wake of the Anadarko acquisition, and some investors saw it as undervalued. Additionally, Occidental had recently raised its dividend, which would have made it an attractive option for income-seeking investors. By investing in Occidental, Berkshire Hathaway may have seen an opportunity to buy into a company at a discounted price, with the potential for long-term gains.
Finally, it’s possible that Berkshire Hathaway’s investment in Occidental Petroleum was driven by the company’s long-standing commitment to the energy sector. While Buffett has famously avoided investing in technology companies, he has been a strong proponent of the oil and gas industry, and has made significant investments in companies such as ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips in the past. By investing in Occidental Petroleum, Berkshire Hathaway may have seen an opportunity to capitalize on the long-term potential of the energy sector, while also generating solid returns for its shareholders.
Overall, while Berkshire Hathaway’s investment in Occidental Petroleum may have come as a surprise to many, it is likely the result of a careful analysis of the company’s management team, valuation, and long-term potential. Whether this investment ultimately proves to be a wise one remains to be seen, but it demonstrates the willingness of Buffett and his team to think outside the box and explore new investment opportunities.
(Again, written by ChatGPT3, in 30 second or less.)
In essence, you could hire just 3 writers using ChatGPT and fill the opening page of Motley Fool with dozens of articles every day, all written by a machine which learns from input and your prompts.
Our articles will need images too.
You know how Motley Fool always has some Shutterstock photo accompanying their articles? You go to MidJourney5 and make your own photos from scratch.
“Show me a high def picture of Warren Buffett dressed in a oil rigger’s hard hate an overalls picking up hundred dollar bills by an oil derrick…”
Know that we can ask for a dozen or 100 images to match my prompt. Let’s go for just a dozen images: