Do you talk to your AI assistant much? I mean, talk out loud, using speech mode for both input and output? I generally use voice when I’m asking a quick question, like what temperature to cook sausages in the oven, or why my boiler pressure has plummeted. At Meta, I worked on real time voice … Continue reading An AI conversation about Conversation
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“Show Your Workings”: An old idea that might help solve new problems AI is creating in the classroom.
When I was a kid, I was pretty good at maths. I could do quite complex calculations in my head, visualising the numbers. But at school, my teacher Mr. Cutcliffe (who went by the nickname Sigi for reasons I never quite understood) would get annoyed with me, even though I provided the correct answers. Sigi … Continue reading “Show Your Workings”: An old idea that might help solve new problems AI is creating in the classroom.
Building Quantum Teapot: What I Learned From Watching People Get Lost in my AI Storyworld
When I released Quantum Teapot a few weeks ago, I invited friends, family, and a few adventurous strangers to test it. I wanted to see how people would navigate a multi-character AI storyworld, what patterns would emerge, and where my design choices would hold or break down. Over the past few weeks, I’ve collected some of their … Continue reading Building Quantum Teapot: What I Learned From Watching People Get Lost in my AI Storyworld
I Know What They Want (And That’s the Problem)
Is 'helpful' ever actually useful when it comes to storytelling? “I know what they want, and I know how to give it to them.” I have been much mocked in my family over many years after recounting a strange dream I had one night early in my filmmaking career. This line, foolishly shared with my … Continue reading I Know What They Want (And That’s the Problem)
The Loop of One: AI and the Joy of Private Creativity
What if making something is just as valid when the only audience is you? We don’t usually think of creativity that way. For centuries, making has been tethered to sharing—paintings for galleries, scripts for producers, songs for listeners. But much of human creativity has always been private: a doodle in a margin, a tune hummed … Continue reading The Loop of One: AI and the Joy of Private Creativity
Horses for Courses
How to ride to the AI Frontier I fell off a horse called Cuddles when I was six and took this as a cosmic sign that I should never attempt equestrian pursuits again. So when I say that prompting AI models is like riding a horse, I'm speaking entirely metaphorically—though after two years of wrangling … Continue reading Horses for Courses
Welcome to The Context Maker
I've launched a Substack. I'll repost blogs here, but you can also subscribe and receive each post in an email weekly by using this link: https://substack.com/@japhetasher Fun challenge: Count how many times I use the word "context" in this post. It's my favourite word for a reason. From creating MTV's groundbreaking 'Liquid Television' to pioneering … Continue reading Welcome to The Context Maker
Polarity Reversal 