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All postsWill AI displace humans in the economy and culture?
The question of how much compute it takes to replace humans in the workforce is unnecessarily reductive. Creating efficiencies does not guarantee humans will prefer a
Apps Inside ChatGPT: A Glimpse into the Future of AI-Native Development
At this year’s OpenAI Dev Day, I think we saw the next chapter of software unfold. The big headline wasn’t just about new models—it was about
Sora: The ChatGPT Moment for Generative Video
Seventy-two hours ago, OpenAI launched Sora, an invite-only app that has already climbed to the top of Apple’s App Store. In just three days, it’s changed
Thoughts about OpenAI GPT-5-Codex from my conversation with Greg Brockman and Thibault Sottiaux
For the latest episode of the OpenAI Podcast I sat down with OpenAI president and co-founder Greg Brockman and Code engineering lead Thibault Sottiaux to talk
Inside the Launch of GPT-4
With GPT-4 now stepping back from its starring role in ChatGPT, I want to share a few of my favorite memories from its launch. I originally
Understanding AI Hallucinations: How AI and Humans Make Similar Mistakes
In this video, we delve into the concept of AI hallucinations by comparing them to human cognitive errors. We explore how both humans and AI can
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Andrew Mayne is an artificial intelligence creative, educator and Wall Street Journal best selling author Andrew Mayne is the founder of Interdimensional , a firm that helps companies utilize artificial intelligence. He previously served as OpenAI’s Science Communicator and was its first prompt engineer, contributing to GPT-3, ChatGPT, and GPT-4. Andrew is
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Will AI displace humans in the economy and culture?
The question of how much compute it takes to replace humans in the workforce is unnecessarily reductive. Creating efficiencies does
Apps Inside ChatGPT: A Glimpse into the Future of AI-Native Development
At this year’s OpenAI Dev Day, I think we saw the next chapter of software unfold. The big headline wasn’t
Sora: The ChatGPT Moment for Generative Video
Seventy-two hours ago, OpenAI launched Sora, an invite-only app that has already climbed to the top of Apple’s App Store.
Thoughts about OpenAI GPT-5-Codex from my conversation with Greg Brockman and Thibault Sottiaux
For the latest episode of the OpenAI Podcast I sat down with OpenAI president and co-founder Greg Brockman and Code
Inside the Launch of GPT-4
With GPT-4 now stepping back from its starring role in ChatGPT, I want to share a few of my favorite
Understanding AI Hallucinations: How AI and Humans Make Similar Mistakes
In this video, we delve into the concept of AI hallucinations by comparing them to human cognitive errors. We explore
Can You Dramatically Improve Results on the Latest Large Language Model Reasoning Benchmark With a Simple Prompt?
tldr: Yes. A recent paper, GSM-Symbolic: Understanding the Limitations of Mathematical Reasoning in Large Language Models, makes the claim that
How to use GPT-4 with Vision for Robotics and Other Applications
TLDR: There are multiple ways you can use GPT-4 with Vision to power robotics and other systems. I included several
Improving GPT-4’s Visual Reasoning with Prompting
TLDR: How to boost GPT-4 with Vision’s capabilities with a simple prompt addition. A recent paper How Far Are We
Is the Reversal Curse Real?
A recent paper The Reversal Curse points out an apparent failure in large large language models like GPT-4. From the
My Custom Instructions for ChatGPT
tldr: Custom instructions let you provide ChatGPT with relevant information of your choice about you and how you like to
How to get GPT-4 to play Wordle (and other prompt tricks)
tl;dr: One of the tricks to using GPT-4 well is understanding how it sees text and instructions When we started
ChatGPT + Code Interpreter = Magic
tl;dr: OpenAI is testing the ability to run code and use third-party plugins in ChatGPT. OpenAI has announced that we’re
Collaborative Creative Writing with OpenAI’s ChatGPT
tl;dr: You can use OpenAI’s ChatGPT to bounce ideas around and write story outlines Since I got into the field
The Easy Guide to Using OpenAI’s Whisper Model to Transcribe Video and Audio
OpenAI recently released Whisper, an open source automatic speech recognition model that’s incredibly powerful. I’m biased (I’m the Science Communicator
Building games and apps entirely through natural language using OpenAI’s code-davinci model
TL;DR: OpenAI has a new code generating model that’s improved in a number of ways and can handle nearly two
Smarter than you think: Crystalline and fluid intelligence in large language models
Large models like GPT-3 can perform a variety of tasks with little instruction. That said, one of the challenges in
How to get better Q&A answers from GPT-3
GPT-3 is an exceptional mimic. It looks at the text input and attempts to respond with what text it thinks
Video: GPT-3 and long lists
GPT-3 can remember hundreds of items and perform completions with them. This is useful if you want to take your
A simple method to keep GPT-3 focused in a conversation
OpenAI’s GPT-3 is a highly capable general language model able to talk about almost anything. While this is an advantage
OpenAI API Classification Endpoint
We recently added three new endpoints to the API for GPT-3. The Classification Endpoint makes it easy to apply classification
How large is GPT-3’s short term memory?
TL;DR: In an API call GPT-3 can recall details from a 1,500 word article and even repeat passages verbatim. It
The GPT-3 Zero Shot approach
TL;DR: For many tasks you don’t need to provide GPT-3 with examples because it already understands what you want. If
Advanced Prompt Design for GPT-3: How to make a prompt 20x more efficient
TL;DR: GPT-3 is much more capable than people realize when you utilize advanced prompt design that shows it what you
Overclocking OpenAI’s GPT-3
Here’s a fun fact: OpenAI’s GPT-3 is actually a family of models, Ada, Babbage, Curie and Davinci that have different
The best kept secret about OpenAI’s GPT-3
When the first demos of GPT-3 content started to circulate it showed the amazing potential for a really smart language
OpenAI API Alchemy: Turn a script into a novel (and vice versa)
OpenAI’s API allows for incredibly intelligent text comprehension and transformation. For fun I made a little application that takes a
OpenAI API Alchemy: Emoji storytelling 🤖
OpenAI’s API is incredibly versatile at comprehending text and completing passages, finding data and generating new information. For fun I
OpenAI Alchemy: Turn a sentence into an email
I’d like to show one of the API’s other superpowers: Its ability to expand a small thought into a larger
Will artificial intelligence ever write a novel?
Will artificial intelligence ever write a novel? I believe the answer is “Yes.”
OpenAI API Alchemy: Smart Formatting and Code Creation
A few years ago I built an app for dictation that was intended to solve one of the biggest frustrations
OpenAI API Alchemy: Summarization
OpenAI’s API is incredibly adept at picking up patterns in text. From determining the format to the context, it only
The AI Channels project
A few months ago a remarkable thing happened: I got a glimpse of the future. OpenAI, a group of artificial
My 7 Favorite Writing Tools
1. Noise-cancelling headphones I use my Apple AirPods Pro whenever I want to tune out the world. They’re not cheap
Writing A Novel In 24-Hours: My One-Day NaNoWriMo Experiment
TL;DR: I wrote a 50,000 word novel in less than 24-hours using dictation. “You can drive a car with your
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