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The Inevitable Shift

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Since I returned to social media, I have employed Artificial Intelligence in two ways.

As a Google user I have access to Gemini, their implementation of ChatGPT. I use it to summarize research, and occasionally as a “ghost writer” to improve my drafted communication.

I have not delved into Stable Diffusion or any other image generator for the purpose of design. However, for the graphics used to enhance my posts across social media, I have used very simple prompts on Bing Image Creator. “Create an abstract image depicting…”

The reason to learn about AI is simple. And ominous. AI cannot be ignored because in a very short time from now, it will be part of everything we use.


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