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From Prompt to Premiere: The Future of Filmmaking đŹ
âThis is the last frontier of media - billions of people making high-end content.â - Chris Valenzuela, Runway CEO Prompt engineers are movie producers now. Producing video content used to require access to equipment, and talent, and funding. Not anymore. Now, you don't need a movie studio, or a graphics budget, or any skills. Just a good idea (and good taste!) can make a good movie, with a little prompting. Google's new Veo 3 model has generated some [...]
AI Context Secrets: How to Get Better Results from ChatGPT
âAI is very good at content, but not context. Without context, it doesnât know what to do, so it doesnât have any purpose.â - Daniel Priestley The quality of your AI outputs depends on the context you give it. What is Context with AI? Think of it like having a conversation. If your partner doesnât know what youâve been talking about, how can they respond well? Context is the information behind the content. Developing context is how I refine my [...]
Big, big news week for AI (plus post-TechWeek replays)
 đ "Generative AI is expected to give the average worker 275 additional hours per year to dedicate to high-value tasks, improving productivity 15.5% by 2038.â - p.13 of Microsoftâs report, âEconomic Opportunity of Generative AI in New Zealandâ Last week, I taught a bunch of workshops for TechWeekNZ. This was my 7th year teaching a workshop for TechWeek, but I taught more this week than ever before. In addition to the webinar Be More Human: Do the Work that [...]
The Best Prompts Are AI-Generated Prompts
With infinite answers now available, asking the right question becomes priceless. Most people think prompt engineering is about getting better at telling AI what to do. But the real power move is asking AI what it needs from you. With infinite information on tap, AI doesnât struggle with answers. It struggles with ambiguity. Precision gives it power. The sharper your prompt, the smarter your AI responds. To get the smartest prompts, ask AI to generate the prompt for you. Then copy/paste [...]
Pick the Right LLM with Parallel Prompting
'The new workflow for me is I think with AI and work with my colleagues.' - Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft LLMs are changing fast. What worked well last week might be garbage to use today. If you're still using just one AI model for everything, it's like playing a round of golf with just one club. You need to be able to select the best tool for the job. This 3-minute tutorial shows you how to test multiple LLMsâside-by-side, [...]
Organise Your Digital Brain with ChatGPT Projects
'We don't rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training.' - Archilochus You know that feeling when you're juggling five ideas, six tabs, and a dozen half-finished chats with ChatGPT? Your brain is buzzing, your files are scattered, and your best insights are lost in the mess. Now imagine turning ChatGPT into your command center. All your notes, files, and conversationsâorganized by project, remembered forever. As of now, Projects are only available with a [...]