I’ve played around with ChatGPT and similar AI tools now for a few months, and here are my current thoughts as far as actual use cases. At a high level, I find the new AI tools coming out useful in inverse proportion to how skilled I am already at that task. For example, I am …
Author: Takeshi Young
Expanding Famous Album Covers Using Photoshop Generative Fill
The latest trend on AI Twitter has been using Photoshop’s newly released generative fill feature to expand iconic album covers past their original borders to imagine what might have lay just out of sight. Some really good ones out there, including covers from Muse, Nirvana and The Beatles: I’ve seen people do the same with …
AI “Hallucination” A Misleading Term
The term “hallucination” in reference to generative AI has never struck me as being right, and I just came across an article on Bloomberg that does a good job of explaining why. Calling incorrect facts generated by AI “hallucinations” incorrectly personifies LLMs, which have no concept of mind or any ability to “hallucinate” in a …
Thoughts on the VeVeVerse
I just got back from DCon where the VeVe team shared an early version of their VeVeVerse, and my mind is just buzzing with ideas! I was super impressed with the demo, and it really helped make the idea of the metaverse concrete for me in a way that other projects like Meta or Decentraland …
Vevepedia Launch!
After a few months of development and writing, I’d like to announce the launch of Vevepedia! Vevepedia is a glossary of all the terminology and jargon frequently used within the VeVe community. As a fairly active member of the VeVe community these past few months, I kept seeing the same questions coming up on Discord …
VeVe Updates
It’s been a couple months now since my last VeVe update, and I’ve now invested a significant amount of time and money into the app. I’ve put in about $20,000 (!) of my own money to purchase NFTs and collectibles within the app, and I’ve invested another $10,000 into the OMI token, which is the …
VeVe: the Hype, the Hope, the Addiction
A couple weeks ago I downloaded the VeVe app, and I am completely hooked. VeVe is an app that sells licensed digital collectibles, i.e. NFTs. The keyword here is “licensed” because VeVe has partnerships with some of the largest brands in the world including Disney, Marvel, Cartoon Network and more. This means that for the …
Is Meta the Right Company to Build the Metaverse?
It’s been a few days now since Facebook announced their rebrand as Meta, and I’ve had some time to digest the news. On the one hand, I think it’s a smart move for the company overall. Traditional social networking is starting to feel dated, and it makes sense for the company to pivot to the …
Thoughts on Shiba Inu and Meme Coins
Shiba Inu has been exploding over the past couple weeks. The meme coin has been growing steadily this year, but really blew up once it was listed on Coinbase, and is now one of the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market cap. There is even a story of one investor, who invested $8,000 into SHIB early …
Defi Gaming Sucks (For Now)
So a few weeks ago I decided to explore the world of blockchain games. I love video games and many DeFi games are play-to-earn, so you can actually earn money for playing them. What’s not to like about that? I love RPGs so the two games that I looked at were CryptoBlades and Defi Kingdoms. …