Declan Dunn

Declan Dunn If you don’t love your audience and customers, someone else will. Everything I share, from AI driven creativity to growth, starts with love as the true metric.

The AI Optimist updates weekly on Substack and YouTube

AI Optimist Playlist
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcnLSSFnEr1P1U_4OEPCBe74ErhuBa0bR&si=mAVeuVGX77L4u8HC

Substack Pod Article and Podcast
https://www.theaioptimist.com Forget another hyped AI solution; experience where innovation meets heart and cutting-edge tech marries age-old human connections. I’m not the ‘been there, done that’ vet

eran nudging you towards yesteryears. Before suggesting ideas, we invent the future by listening to your experience and ideas and your audience. Together we bring an energized, ever-evolving digital approach inviting you to envision tomorrow’s possibilities with a touch of fun and curiosity.

27/10/2024

Explore the revolutionary concepts of Massoud's organic AI model and MiniChatGPT in this insightful video! Discover how these innovations simplify intelligence gathering and boost business efficiency, reshaping the future of technology. Unveil secrets behind intelligent systems and their transformative power today!

04/10/2024

AGI hype debunked! 🤖 Your cat's smarter than AI, and we're feeding it digital mad cow disease.

Fear not! The secret sauce?

Good old humanity.

Dive into AI's reality with humor and some hope.

AGI: The Emperor's New Code isn't as smart as my dog

0:00 AI discovers it's not real, or smart....

01:33 Are dogs and cats smarter than AI?

02:37 Origins of the AGI Myth: Attention is all you need

07:47 The Hitchhikers Guide to AGI - Artificial General Improbability

12:12 This is what it sounds like when AI Dies

15:42 MAD AI Disease? Feeding AI it’s own data, might be a problem.

18:47 Remember the Human Element in AI!

22:15 Making AI more than Data-driven....Human Intelligence Matters

31/07/2024

Teaching AI your why, means data.
You can find me on:

AI Optimist YouTube
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcnLSSFnEr1P1U_4OEPCBe74ErhuBa0bR&si=mAVeuVGX77L4u8HC

Substack Pod Article and Podcast
https://www.theaioptimist.com

LinkedIn:
https://linkedin.com/in/declandunn

I spend my time teaching and coaching people on how to move into the next generation, with AI as a tool, not hype.

And Facebook is not the place to do that.

Love to hear from you and share what I've learned doing this podcast, and pivoting businesses away from old ways of doing things (and not just AI).

31/07/2024

AI B2B Co-Pilots: Stop Tech Talk, Boost Sales by Listening

AI B2B success hinges on listening, not tech talk. In AI, engineers focus on features not people. Discover customer focus, listening, and AI tools to help you with a B2B Tech sales framework. EP #54

0:00 - Ghosted by Boring Demos
0:57 - The AI Engineer's Dilemma
1:40 - AI DISC Profiling - Know Your Customer's Voice
6:08 - Chatbots vs. AI Agent Assistants - the Evolution
11:22 - The Discovery Call before the Demo - SPIN questions
15:12 - The AI Tech Sales Framework
20:27 - Closing with DIWY.eu

There are weekly updates on Substack and YouTube, I don't post on Facebook much because....well, if you don't, listen to the podcast and read the blog.

25/06/2024

This "Wonderbread" AI stokes social posing around artistic expression, intellectual property rights, and advanced AI capabilities.

Meanwhile, in a colder corner of the brave new creative world, artists like Geoffrey Laurence feel the sting of an industry training its algorithms on their life's work without consent.

The AI Optimist Episode 45 Playlist

00:00 Diving beneath Wonderbread GenAI surface
01:47 Scraping Geoffrey's Life work for free
05:27 A world purely engaged in surface living
07:06 Digital cold Rembrandt or the real vibrant thing?
08:52 The difference between an artist and an AI Artist
11:10 Easy GenAI destroys originality
12:56 Art's psychic energy - Novelty is not progress
15:45 Lascaux Cave Paintings trigger creativity

Podcast Highlights

Wonderbread AI: How bland and uninspired AI like this muddles appreciation of art and what this means for the future of AI creativity.

Geoffrey Laurence's Stand: The emotional and professional impact on artists whose work is being used without consent to train AI models.

The Cheap Imitation: The story of Laurence's friend prompting an AI to create art in Laurence's style and the disappointing results.

Laurence's Challenge: A powerful call to action from Geoffrey Laurence, urging the AI industry to protect and respect artists' rights.

18/06/2024

How do you tell a longtime friend that his book, the one he spent so long on…

AI just copied it without your permission!

That gut-punch feeling sucks, right? And it’s not just the OpenAI’s of the world, small businesses are scraping, everyone is scraping.

The AI Optimist Episode 43 Playlist
https://www.theaioptimist.com/p/consent-or-pay-ai-scraping-of-public

00:00 Scraping = Public spaces, private profits.
01:27 No pay, no notification for Creators
03:42 "Public" spaces means private profits
05:48 Consent or Pay - AI Scraping Primer
08:47 Creator Licensing Framework
13:56 Getting paid for creative work instead of just training AI for free

You'll hear mind-blowing stories from painters, photographers, and other creatives whose art is scraped and used to train AI systems - no consent, no compensation. It's like the tech giants are just helping themselves!

No venting here. You'll get a clear breakdown of what this scraping thing is really about.
No confusing tech-speak, just the truth about how YOUR public posts and artwork are basically free game for AI unless you take action.

And that's where it gets good. We're sharing a first-of-its-kind Creator Licensing Framework - a plan to regain control and call the shots on how your original work gets used by AI.

Want to say "no"? Cool.

Want to negotiate fees or royalties? Even better!

The age of just handing over your art for free AI training is over. By the end of this episode, you'll be armed and ready to consent...or get paid!

07/06/2024

Despite the hype around AI narration, creating a professional-quality, human-like 5-hour audiobook suitable for platforms like Audible is still a demanding process with current AI capabilities.

https://www.theaioptimist.com/p/ai-audiobooks-promise-vs-reality

Episode 43 Playlist
00:00 AI Audiobooks promise it's easy
01:20 PROMISE: How to create an audiobook
03:04 Audiobook Platforms
04:37 Professional Voice Cloning
07:28 Cloning Voice from YouTube Vids - NOPE!
09:09 Pozatron - AI Audio Editor - Words that don't work
11:08 Choosing between AI Audio and Human narration
12:52 Record yourself for 1-3 hours to make it work well
14:41 ACX Submission Requirements

The promise says it's so, but still, within 30 minutes of evaluation,

It's easier to record the book than to have AI do it....in this case, AI doubles the time it takes; GAME OVER!

Maybe audio and video jobs are an early growth sector because it takes time to get audio that is good enough for Audible.

We’ll cover what to do, what not to do, and what it means for AI audio in the short and long terms.

1. PROMISE: How to create an audiobook

2. REALITY the facts of AI - even with cloning, you must record a specific amount of time, preferably more.

3. Why can't you get on Audible with an AI audiobook yet?

AI narration is accessible to almost anyone, making audiobooks available to more people beyond the high-quality Audible tier.

As AI improves, it may eventually master human narration's authenticity, nuance, and listener experience. But the "promise" of effortless AI audiobook creation remains mostly hype.

29/05/2024

Using a neural network called Artbreeder, the artist processed over 800 sculptures, breathing life into the frozen faces of history and facing solid critiques.

The result is a stunning collection of AI-generated portraits, each a window into the past.
But the past emperors couldn’t have looked pale and chalky like a Northern European.

True to Life History Vs.GenAi mystery
The AI Optimist Episode 42 Playlist
https://www.theaioptimist.com/p/true-life-history-vs-genai-mystery

00:00 GenAI Roman Emperors now modern men?
00:59 Origins of the GenAI Portraits
04:16 Not True to Life? History buffs object!
07:04 Listen to your audience and adapt
08:00 How this works for you - GenAI Merch
10:05 Improve your data training, always.
11:00 Keep refining AI outputs or you'll get average results
11:49 Embrace the feedback
12:32 Be transparent with sources and GenAI
13:55 If GenAI could sing - Udio clip

This podcast explores GenAI through a 2020 project by Daniel Voshart, a Canadian cinematographer and VR designer who used machine learning to create photorealistic reconstructions of 54 Roman emperors.

Using a neural network named Artbreeder, Voshart processed images from around 800 sculptures to generate realistic facial features, enhancing them further with manual adjustments in Photoshop based on additional sources like coins and historical texts.

14/05/2024

Looks like everyone’s ahead of you with AI?

I'll let you in on a little secret.

You're either jumping headfirst into AI or telling employees to figure out what's got you excited.

That's what first movers do, but most people aren't first movers. And things move slowly.

The AI Optimist Episode 41 Playlist
https://www.theaioptimist.com/p/shattering-your-ai-ceiling-3-growth

00:00 Saving 3000 hours with AI - Asana
00:57 Growth Driver 1 - Intro AI Gently
03:42 The 3 Gaps - Optimism Transparency Resources - Rebecca Hinds
05:27 Growth Driver 2 - What data do you feed AI?
08:09 Growth Driver 3 - Most people don't get AI
11:17 Define your AI Floor and Ceiling
14:03 Where to Begin for Solopreneurs and Entrepreneurs
16:58 Small Business Floor and Ceiling measures
19:38 Guide people with AI, instead of expecting them to act like first movers

It's a gap causing many to remain unsure and at the floor, not rising to their potential, their ceiling.

This episode of the AI Optimists podcast focuses on helping small businesses and solopreneurs shatter their "AI ceiling" by providing three growth drivers for integrating AI effectively.

Sharing insights from companies like Asana, Holiday Extras, and Learning Frequency on how to introduce AI gradually, feed it quality data, and understand where employees or clients are starting from in terms of AI knowledge.

30/04/2024

One company saves $500,000 with AI, one has $25 Million taken through a deepfake Zoom call.

The AI Optimist Episode 39 Playlist

00:00 Intro to concept of discovering your "AI avatar"
03:05 Example 1: The CAIO (Chief AI Officer) role
07:06 Example 2: Travel business saving $500K by integrating AI
10:10 4-week plan for listeners to find their AI avatar
14:47 Importance of personalizing your human-AI relationship
16:44 Conclusion: Embrace AI on your own terms

I’m at an AI workshop, looking around the audience looking like deers in the headlights I ask them…..

Which one would you choose to focus on?

Deepfakes of course! Hoping all this negative news will someone stop it.

It's like the story of Plato’s cave, where people are staring at their reflections on the wall from the light behind them.

Looking only at the wall, their AI avatar is filled with doubt, denial, and confusion about where/if AI fits in their life.

Almost apologetic if stating anything positive about their experiences.

Instead of turning around and being curious, they stop.

Freeze and push it away until tomorrow.

Doesn’t matter if you think differently about AI, and act the same by doing little to nothing.

Been my experience that those things scaring you the most, changing you, are the juice of life.

AI doesn't matter, you do, and your identity shifts, which we are all doing now.

Amor fati.

Love your fate.

Like AI.

10/04/2024

When AI and Copyrights collide: Is Human Creativity Artificial with AI? EP 38 Complete

And what does it have to do with the old story of Napster and the evolution of digital music?

The Ai Optimist Episode 38 Playlist (summaries below)

00:00 Creativity and GenAI - Copyrights human only?

01:05 What happens with copyright data used to train models like ChatGPT?

02:00 Napster did to music what AI will do to???

03:25 AI Assisted vs. AI Generated - what's up?

07:23 What are the risks for creators?

09:16 Automation bias happening

10:30 Over reliance? Always check AI results

12:11 Closing - it's simply Creative Identities

Substack Pod Article and Podcast - summaries and details
https://www.theaioptimist.com/p/when-ai-and-copyrights-collide-is

Prepare for a thought-provoking conversation as we unravel the clash between AI technology and copyright law, where licensing rules and individual human rights dance around the new creation process.

Our guest author, AI patent attorney Robert Plotkin, opens the door to new possibilities while contemplating the delicate balance between AI's contribution and human creativity.

This is not legal advice; I’m not an attorney, Robert is a patent attorney, and we’re sharing views on AI copyrights as authors, not legal advice.

Beyond practical safety risks, AI also impacts human creativity and identity. As Robert Plotkin states,

"It means we could end up engaging in creative work in this bland way that doesn't exercise our creative juices in the way we want to."

04/04/2024

3 AI⏩ Future-forging skill hacks - GenAI Content Mastery, MIND Growth Patenting & Train with AI Roleplay

Episode #36 Playlist
00:00 Your first GenAI paragraph - delete it!

01:14 Intro to 3 AI Adepts

02:25 AI Content Writing Mini Class

08:40 AI Licensing and Robert Plotkin's MIND Process

06:22 No Tech Differentiation between AI companies??

14:08 AI Role Play Apps - Sales Training

Elevate AI skills with the 6 minute AI Content Writing Mini Class, AI Patent Law & The MIND Process 5 minutes, plus AI Role Play Apps - Training by Doing. EP #36

Instead of upskilling - a detached vague term scaring people about jobs - let’s future forge your career with this episode.

Replacing AI uprising fears and billion-dollar jargon, meet 3 active AI practitioners, each in their own unique way showing how AI works for you.

We're talking GenAI writing insights that crank out killer content, untangling the legal IP maze of AI patents, and the trippy world of AI role-play apps (for sales training, not Black Mirror, way less creepy).

Join our Adepts: a dynamic content strategist, an IP attorney with laser focus, and an AI Leads pro who breathes custom qualifying.

We'll show you how AI can take your business (and maybe your pipeline) to the next level.

15/03/2024

Patent Your Pizza Maker, Not Your AI Writing: Robert Plotkin, AI Patent attorney and author on AI IP values and licensing.

Plus AI helps inventions but AI co-written pieces are public domain? EP #35

00:00 Patent Paradox - you can get a patent but not copyright using AI.
01:06 What do most people disagree with you about AI and Patents?
02:33 Red Herring: AI will never be an inventor becuz it doesn't want to be
04:04 "If AI is an Inventor, then So is Nature"
06:22 No Tech Differentiation between AI companies??
09:27 Is the AI secret sauce IP in a new form?
13:08 Patents are an AI Moat!
15:06 The MIND (Map, Identify, Navigate, Drive) process for patents
17:03 AI Licensing and Patent's Real Value
18:10 Closing and AI Armor book excerpts for free

Creativity, invention, patents and copyrights are 20th century foundation being shaken by AI.

Thrilled to welcome a visionary who has charted the course of artificial intelligence through the lens of legal innovation and creative potential

Robert Plotkin, with backgrounds in computer science and a attorney, is a leading voice in the field of patent law and AI.

05/03/2024

In AI, tech unicorns reign, spinning glittering visions that enthrall and baffle. ChatGPT leads this carousel, luring seekers into its blank-slate stable with a brand that is crushing other GenAI companies right now.

00:00:00 AI Unicorn APEX Predators
00:01:40 AI Bubble and Who's in Charge
00:05:12 Why People Matter in AI - The Ai Pause Charade
00:07:41 Generative AI Report - 3 BIL Monthly Visitors!
00:15:29 What we use GenAI - Top Categories
00:17:43 ChatGPT calls NY Times "Hackers"
00:19:00 Open Source vs. AI Unicorn APEX Predators

More details and complete podcast on Substack:
https://www.theaioptimist.com/p/ai-reality-check-ai-unicorn-apex

These AI Apex predators have a mythical billion-dollar aura, yet when their bubble bursts some may turn back into mice. For now, ChatGPT rules the roost, capturing over 50% of the AI tourist traffic.

But if you peek behind the curtain, you'll see their magic caters more to inky scribes than cybernetic droids. Text, not robots, makes up most of the show, despite theatrical fears of a machine takeover.

AI unicorns are dominating the landscape, predicting futures and controlling narratives around artificial intelligence that few fully grasp.

Early adopters dive in but most resist, challenging the AI-first status quo. We must explore paths where AI works for people first, not replace them.

Are we pawns in a game where tech bros set the rules? Let’s drop the rose-colored glasses and see AI for what it is.

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