Suno keeps the (music) industry on its toes.
Just like with ChatGPT, however, I am more interested in the creative possibilities. For example, challenges that were once considered difficult or even impossible to realize. At the very least, the effort required to test some ideas in the short term was far too high to even try. Here, AI could help us to quickly, relatively cheaply and easily realize and then test even rather far-fetched concepts. For example, a completely crazy song about muffins (listen below).
In my opinion, being able to do everything entirely using AI will soon turn out to be a fallacy and wet dream (for some managers anyway). The maths is not that simple. News Flash: you will still need the skills of most of your employees even after the AI-Pocalypse. PSA: Invest the money AI saves/earns for you back into developing your employees thus getting them „AI-ready“ to beat your competition instead.
I am super happy to work for a company that takes the above serious. Not just as we AI-educate our peers at work. We also founded initiatives like the „Human Centered Technology Community“ (follow Jochen Pfender and André Cramer for more details) made up entirely by colleagues of all walks of life and cross company who are united by their vision of a human-centered future WITH technology.
Or decentralized orgs like our Artificial Intelligence Competence Center (AICC) which has been tasked by top management to infuse AI into every nook and cranny of our organization. I invite you to follow Jan Hofmann if you want to follow what we do in the AICC.
So, human talent, intuition, empathy and emotion are hard-wired into us „meatbags“, these living, breathing, at times irrational but mostly lovable beings. But don’t take my word for it – „Pi“, by AI company Inflection AI, arrives at a similar conclusion. I quote from a dialogue I had with „Pi“ this morning:
Arno:
But do you think as an AI, you can’t really empathize fully like a human can? Do you think this goal will ever be reached? Because right now it’s still a simulation of empathy and not genuine empathy, right?PI:
As an AI, my empathy is indeed simulated rather than genuine, as I don’t possess the same emotional capacity as a human being. While AI systems can be programmed to recognize and respond to human emotions, they don’t truly „feel“ those emotions in the way that humans do.As for whether AI will ever achieve genuine empathy, it’s a complex question. While advancements in AI continue to push the boundaries of what’s possible, many experts argue that true emotional intelligence and empathy may remain uniquely human qualities. After all, emotions are deeply rooted in our biology, experiences, and consciousness, which are aspects of humanity that may be difficult, if not impossible, to fully replicate in AI systems.
There you have it, my Sunday ramblings about AI.
Now go eat a muffin on that and enjoy your Easter Sunday Afternoon.