8 predictions for AI in 2024

Plus: AI shows human-like memory formation

December 22, 2023

Hey AI Geniuses,

As the year draws to a close, we explore emerging trends shaping the AI landscape in 2024.

In other news, LinkedIn's VP challenges the value of college degrees in the age of AI. Google's VideoPoet generates stunning visuals, and AI showcases remarkable memory capabilities that rival human levels.

We've also reviewed five fresh tools to enhance your AI journey: a privacy-focused analytics tool, a video summarizer, a calendar optimizer, and collaborative tools that seamlessly integrate into your workflow.

Finally, we've handpicked YouTube videos packed with actionable productivity tips to propel your business and personal goals.

Let’s go.

INTERESTING AI ARTICLES OF THE WEEK 📰

This week, we present a curated selection of five important AI articles, featuring news from Google, Apple, and others.

  • 8 predictions for AI in 2024
    The article discusses various expectations for the development and impact of AI in the coming year. It covers a wide range of topics, including the transformation of OpenAI into a product company, the evolution of agent-based models and generative multimedia, the limitations of large language models, the intersection of marketing and reality in the AI industry, Apple's potential entry into the AI market, legal cases related to AI, the impact of new regulations, and the potential influence of AI on the 2024 presidential election.

  • The 'shelf life' of a college degree is 'shrinking pretty dramatically' in the age of AI, LinkedIn VP says
    A recent statement by a LinkedIn vice president suggests that the significance of a college degree, particularly from elite institutions, is diminishing in the era of generative AI. The vice president emphasized the increasing importance of soft skills as AI becomes integrated into the workforce, highlighting communication, creativity, and adaptability as crucial attributes for employees. He noted that the traditional emphasis on technical skills and prestigious degrees is evolving, with adaptability being identified as a key soft skill in the age of AI.

  • Google’s new multimodal AI video generator VideoPoet looks incredible
    Google has unveiled VideoPoet, a new large language model (LLM) designed for video generation tasks. The model was trained on 270 million videos and more than 1 billion text-and-image pairs from the public internet and other sources. The researchers showed video clips generated by VideoPoet to an unspecified number of “human raters,” as well as clips generated by video generation diffusion models, showing two clips at a time side-by-side. The human evaluators largely rated the VideoPoet clips as superior in their eyes.

  • In a Striking Discovery, AI Shows Human-Like Memory Formation
    Researchers have discovered that AI memory consolidation processes resemble those in the human brain, specifically in the hippocampus, offering potential for advancements in AI and a deeper understanding of human memory mechanisms. An interdisciplinary team revealed a striking similarity between the memory processing of artificial intelligence (AI) models and the hippocampus of the human brain. This new finding provides a novel perspective on memory consolidation, which is a process that transforms short-term memories into long-term ones, in AI systems.

  • Apple Optimises LLMs for Edge Use Cases
    Apple has published a paper outlining a method for running Large Language Models (LLMs) on devices that surpass the available DRAM capacity. This involves storing the model parameters on flash memory and bringing them on demand to DRAM. Their method involves constructing an inference cost model that aligns with the behavior of flash memory, guiding optimization efforts in two crucial areas: reducing the volume of data transferred from flash and reading data in larger, more contiguous chunks.

5 EXCITING NEW SAAS & AI TOOLS 🛠️🤖

We’ve handpicked five game-changing tools that promise to refine your workflow and ignite your creativity.

  • Simple Analytics - Simple Analytics is a privacy-first Google Analytics alternative that offers a simple UI, chat with AI, and no personal data storage about visitors. It is an EU-based and hosted platform that complies with all privacy policies, including GDPR, PECR, CCPA, and more. With Simple Analytics, users can get all the information they need in just one or two clicks, respecting their visitors’ right to privacy.

  • TubeOnAI - An app that uses cutting-edge AI technology to generate instant audio and text summaries of YouTube videos and podcasts. With TubeOnAI, users can save time, learn faster, and stay informed effortlessly. The app automatically downloads videos based on users’ interests and provides summaries that can be read or listened to with HD audio. TubeOnAI also offers a user-friendly interface, instant notifications, and a customizable experience.

  • Routine - Routine is a versatile and intuitive productivity tool loved by successful entrepreneurs and investors. It seamlessly integrates tasks and calendars, allowing users to streamline their workflow and maximize productivity. With features like connecting Notion, creating tasks from any screen, and a user-friendly interface, Routine is an essential organizational tool for professionals, academics, and creators alike.

  • Frame - Frame is an all-in-one hub that bundles all essential team tools into one sleek interface, making it effortless for users to collaborate in real-time. With Frame’s AI, users can find, sort, and link documents, suggest collaborators, and even give quick summaries, making it a virtual assistant for users.

  • Fullview - A powerful software that optimizes support calls and reduces resolution times by allowing support teams to guide customers on their screens with cobrowsing, screen control, and troubleshooting data. With features like next-gen cobrowsing and session replays, Fullview enables support reps to gain a faster understanding of customer issues and guide them to solutions on their screens, leading to up to 30% lower time-to-resolution.

MUST WATCH PRODUCTIVITY VIDEOS OF THE WEEK 🍿🎦

  • Improve Your Mental Health & Productivity
    The video discusses the concept of anti-to-do lists as a way to improve your mental health and well-being. An anti-to-do list is a list of tasks or habits that you consciously want to avoid or stop doing. The idea behind an anti-to-do list is to eliminate the actions in your life that you don't want to do anymore or that drain your energy or that take up too much focus in your brain that you want to get rid of or that waste too much of your time.

  • How To Stop Procrastinating For Good - Ali Abdaal
    The video is about Ali Abdaal's new book "Feel Good Productivity" and how to stop procrastinating. Ali Abdaal is a productivity expert and doctor who has spent years researching the science of productivity. He argues that feeling good is essential for productivity, and that we can use positive psychology techniques to boost our mood and get more done.

  • The BEST Businesses To Start In 2024
    In this video, successful entrepreneur Sebastian Ghiorghiu shares his top 3 business ideas for beginners in 2024: freelancing, starting a service-based agency, and dropshipping. Sebastian also advises beginners to leverage AI tools for tasks like marketing, customer service, and data analysis.

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