AI Evolution 2023: Revolutionary or Confusing?
Good morning, every approachist!
As we approach the Christmas and New Year holidays, we've got a bunch of festive wishes and thoughtful content for you.
On today's agenda:
Balancing synthetic & human elements in marketing,
AI's transformative impact on talent recruitment,
Prompt writing advice from Microsoft's chief scientist.
We've also curated 5 articles & tools, with the final one perfect for creating Christmas cards.
In 2023, AI has unexpectedly influenced various aspects of our life, especially after a three-year slowdown due to the epidemic.
We've seen changes among different groups. For instance, apps like Be My Eyes are helping the blind with tasks like reading instructions; and engineers, like Jack from Google, are leveraging AI to handle intense workloads.
Despite its transformative impact, AI has had its confusing moments, often hallucinating, making it a hot topic in 2023. However, the advancement of generative AIs and AI-powered wearables is set to revolutionize how we work, learn, and entertain in 2024.
Wishing for world peace, a merry Christmas, and a happy new year.
See you in 2024!
ACT NOW!
BUSINESS
Balancing AI and Human Insights in Marketing
For critical business decisions, marketers should use a four-question framework to decide between synthetic and human respondents, ensuring authentic insights for complex, nuanced queries. Learn how [Fast Company].
How AI Transforms Talent Assessments
Traditional talent selection, often limited by subjective biases and inefficiencies, is revolutionized by AI, refining acquisition and selection, optimizing talent mapping and management, and advancing development. Read more [Psychology Today].
AI's Role in Enhancing Leadership
Despite AI's impact, human leadership remains vital due to emotional intelligence. In 2024, leaders should use AI as an assistant, embrace it without fear, and focus on enhancing EQ skills for effective leadership. View more [Forbes].
CAREER
Mastering AI Communication: Key Insights and Tips
The Microsoft Chief Scientist sees AI as a new, more productive way of working. While natural language is the primary way to interact with AI, effectively writing good prompts requires training and shows a learning curve.
Key insights: Even when using natural language, AI and human understanding differ. Communicating with AI is not the same as human interaction; it requires more specific context and structured prompts.
Five Tips for Effective AI Interaction
Provide Context: Be explicit; AI doesn't infer context like humans.
Wisdom of the Crowd: Encourage diverse AI responses. Ask for different approaches to a problem to explore a range of solutions.
Recognition Over Recall: Use and refine pre-made prompts. This simplifies interaction by using familiar, effective patterns.
Make it Conversational: Break complex tasks into smaller conversations. This approach can yield better, more nuanced results.
Iterate and Experiment: If initial prompts fail, rephrase and try again. Flexibility and adaptation are key in mastering AI communication.
For more details and sample prompts, please refer to [HBR $].
Preparing for AI-Induced Career Changes
A career expert advises preparing for AI's disruption by considering career leaps, assessing personal & professional goals, market dynamics, and being aware of risks in finance, health, relationships, and reputation. Read more [PSNews].
Enhancing Writing Skills with AI Tools
Purdue Global provides a free, self-paced course on writing skills for the globalized, digital world, emphasizing AI tools' role in personal and professional communication. Learn more [Purdue Global].
WELLBEING
Eliminating AI Racial Bias in Healthcare
To combat racial bias in healthcare AI, Yale's panel proposed a framework aimed at equity and fairness, focusing on principles like health equity promotion, transparency, community engagement, and accountability. More details [Yale].
AI's Economic Impact on Black Americans
Generative AI risks widening the racial wealth gap, but if applied inclusively, it can aid Black economic mobility. McKinsey suggests focusing on equitable AI deployment and skill development to bridge disparities. Learn how [Mckinsey].
NEED to KNOW
Even though today's newsletter begins with a review of AI's influence and prospects for 2024, this reading list, discussing what AI is and isn't, its apparent effects, and future considerations, should provoke more thought.
READING
The Year That A.I. Came for Culture. [New Republic]
ChatGPT Is Turning the Internet Into Plumbing. [The Atlantic]
Generation GPT: What Gen Z really thinks about ‘world-changing’ AI. [Washington Post]
What Should Replace the Turing Test? [Science]
These Six Questions Will Dictate the Future of Generative AI. [MIT Technology Review]
TOOLS
Agenda Hero: Converting natural speech into structured, shareable schedules. [Link]
CapHacker: Free AI captions for your shorts. [Link]
EarnBetter: AI-Enhanced Job Application Tools. [Link]
My Yoga Flow: Online yoga instructor to do yoga anywhere. [Linke]
🎄Greetsapp: AI powered greeting cards for the holidays & beyond. [Link]