Exploring Generative AI and Brain-Computer Interfaces

Generative AI:

GoogleAI’s new Flan-UL2 20B is out
Discussion on compute required for good/useful throughput
Comparison with chatGPT API in terms of cost and data localization/compliance needs
Need for specialized models and configurable/finetunable base models
Two interesting articles from a16z on generative AI platform and everyday AI for consumers
Links to personal articles on generative AI product strategy and AI products arms race
Discussion on fMRI to SD research from Japan and its limitations
Personal experience with off-the-shelf brain devices and noise in data
Use of fMRI data for cleaner and more interesting analyses
Request for resources on using SD for designers and artists
Recommendation for Automatic1111 for using SD with plugins, but requires GPU and technical setup
Excitement over possibility of getting actual footage of dreams

Miscellaneous:

Links

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Two interesting a16z articles: https://a16z.com/2023/01/19/who-owns-the-generative-ai-platform/ https://a16z.com/2023/02/07/everyday-ai-consumer/
https://a16z.com/2023/01/19/who-owns-the-generative-ai-platform/ and https://a16z.com/2023/02/07/everyday-ai-consumer/ are related to the topic of AI ownership and consumer applications, while https://www.amoghvaishampayan.com/post/generative-ai-product-strategy provides a deeper dive into successful AI product strategies.
The URL https://a16z.com/2023/02/07/everyday-ai-consumer/ is related to an article about successful AI products, and the author provides a deeper dive into the topic in their own article at https://www.amoghvaishampayan.com/post/generative-ai-product-strategy. The author has experience as an AI product manager and summarizes the essence of their article as a strategy for generative AI products.
https://www.reforge.com/blog/ai-products-arms-race and https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.11.18.517004v2.full.pdf - The author, who has worked as an AI product manager for the last 5 years, shares their insights on generative AI in an article.
https://www.reforge.com/blog/ai-products-arms-race: A blog post about the AI products arms race.
https://youtu.be/hQC5O3WTmuo - YC Founder talks to YC Partner about getting actual footage of your dreams.