PSA: AI detectors are “neither accurate nor reliable”

There are many services that claim to be able to recognize AI text with “99% accuracy” – without providing any proof. At the same time, there are services that claim to adapt AI texts in such a way that no detector can recognize them. Both cannot be true at the same time. Granted: I can …

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When ChatGPT’s answers are not good enough …

… then try an alternative! Here is a concrete example: I wanted to use an AI assistant as a programming helper. Years ago, I tried to learn about iOS development. The main driver was an idea for a fairly simple Apple Watch app. I diligently studied Treehouse for a few weeks and thought I was …

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How AI tools have changed my work as a content creator

The hype around AI is certainly overblown at the moment. But that doesn’t change the fact that AI tools have permanently and profoundly changed the way I work as a content creator. By way of background, I am a journalist by training. Since 1999, I’ve worked almost exclusively online, and since 2015, mainly as a …

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What is the equivalent of spam for AI-generated garbage content?

Just as unwanted junk advertising is commonly known as “spam”, unwanted AI-generated junk content could be called “slop”. At least, that’s the opinion of Simon Willison, who noticed the term and suggested it in a blog post. And I think it fits very well. He points out that not all AI-generated content is automatically slop: …

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Do you make this mistake with ChatGPT & Co.?

In my opinion, many who are discovering AI tools like ChatGPT and others for their content marketing are making a big mistake. And it will soon come back to bite them. What I mean is this: With ChatGPT, for example, I can draft an article much faster than I could without it. Sometimes it feels …

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Can ChatGPT meme?

Redditor ForceTypical asked ChatGPT to come up with memes. As expected, the results are strange.

AI turns dull license text into ballad

Give it a listen. It’s a gimmick, sure, but at the same time it shows the current state of a music AI like Suno.ai very nicely.

Which AI is the best? This question makes less and less sense

The question of the best AI is like the question of the best car. If there was a single best car, we wouldn’t need so many different categories of cars. The same can be said of the best laptop or the best camera. Of course, we can come up with a set of criteria and …

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Better prompts for AI image generators

AI image generators like Stable Diffusion, Midjourney, or Dall-E can produce amazing results. But as anyone who has tried these tools will tell you: It’s not as simple as pushing a button. If you want to get good results reliably and regularly, you have to deal with the idiosyncrasies of these tools. As with AI …

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