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20VC with Harry Stebbings· Aug 28, 2023Podcast · 2 speakersCris Valenzuela on Creative AI, Runway and Building Through ChangeGuest Cris Valenzuela · Host Harry StebbingsRunway’s co-founder discusses early experimentation with video models, creative work, hiring and fundraising, and answers questions about the writers’ strike.
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Matthew Berman· Aug 25, 2023AI News in August 2023: Models, Copyright Disputes and the Business of AIMatthew Berman · Forward FutureMatthew Berman reviews a week of AI releases and legal battles, from Python in Excel and Meta's translation model to copyright and personalized feeds.
14:03ENMatthew Berman· Aug 18, 2023AI News in August 2023: CAPTCHAs, LK-99, Medical Models and Generative AgentsMatthew Berman · Forward FutureMatthew Berman surveys a week of AI and technology stories, from automated CAPTCHA solving and robot prices to clinical research, content moderation and model safety.
5:25ENMatthew Berman· Aug 9, 2023Kwebbelkop's AI Avatar and the Future of Creator WorkMatthew Berman · Forward FutureIn 2023, Matthew Berman considers a YouTuber's experiment with AI-generated videos, creator burnout, audience response, and disclosure.
5:14ENMatthew Berman· Aug 7, 2023Install AudioCraft Locally: A 2023 MusicGen and AudioGen WalkthroughMatthew Berman · Forward FutureMatthew Berman demonstrates a Mac setup for generating music and sound effects, with historical commands and licensing context.
10:22ENMatthew Berman· Aug 4, 2023Matthew Berman on Llama 2, AI Tools, Robots, and the LK-99 ClaimMatthew Berman · Forward FutureA 2023 AI news roundup covers open-weight models, synthetic influencers, tool use and robotics, alongside an early superconductivity claim that later research challenged.
7:09ENMatthew Berman· Jul 28, 2023AI News in July 2023: SDXL, Worldcoin, and Biological ComputingMatthew Berman · Forward FutureMatthew Berman reviews a week of AI developments, from Google’s Gemini project and new generative models to biometric identity and experiments with cultured neurons.
8:48ENMatthew Berman· Jul 27, 2023How Fable’s 2023 Showrunner Experiment Generated South Park-Style ScenesMatthew Berman · Forward FutureMatthew Berman examines a research prototype combining simulated characters, language models and image generation, and weighs its creative and labor implications.
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No Priors: AI, Machine Learning, Tech, & Startups· Jul 20, 2023Podcast · 2 speakersWhy AI Video Is Still a Four-Second CorgiHost Sarah Guo, Elad GilMeta research director Devi Parikh explains why text-to-video has stalled on short animated images, and what it will take to get past that plateau.
9:55ENMatthew Berman· Jul 14, 2023Building AI Characters With the a16z Companion AppMatthew Berman · Forward FutureMatthew Berman walks through a 2023 starter project for conversational characters, from service configuration and embeddings to editing a companion’s personality.
9:01ENMatthew Berman· Jul 4, 2023Installing and Testing DragGAN Locally: Matthew Berman’s 2023 WalkthroughMatthew Berman · Forward FutureA historical walkthrough of point-based image editing, dependency workarounds and the limits of an early DragGAN release.
9:33ENMatthew Berman· Jun 30, 2023Testing SDXL 0.9: Image Quality, Clipdrop and a Midjourney ComparisonMatthew Berman · Forward FutureIn June 2023, Matthew Berman tries Stability AI’s image model, compares selected prompts with Midjourney and demonstrates Clipdrop’s lighting tool.
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Cognitive Revolution "How AI Changes Everything"· Jun 13, 2023PodcastWho Banks the AI Wave: Startups or the Giants Already in Place?Host Nathan LabenzStability AI’s Emad Mostaque and Slow Ventures’ Sam Lessin debate whether generative AI is a reshuffler for new companies or an extender for Meta, Google, and Hollywood.
8:09ENMatthew Berman· Jun 12, 2023Text-to-Video in 2023: Runway, Colab and a Local Zeroscope SetupMatthew Berman · Forward FutureMatthew Berman compares a hosted Runway Gen-2 demo with a Zeroscope notebook and a Windows GPU installation, showing the short-clip limitations he encountered.
6:52ENMatthew Berman· Jun 6, 2023Using WarpFusion to Restyle Video in Google ColabMatthew Berman · Forward FutureMatthew Berman walks through a 2023 notebook workflow for applying diffusion-model styles to an existing clip, then shows newer settings and previews.
6:25ENMatthew Berman· May 31, 2023Building a WordPress Site with 10Web’s AI Website BuilderMatthew Berman · Forward FutureMatthew Berman walks through a 2023 website-generation flow, from business details and design choices to editing the resulting pages.
1:41:45ENCognitive Revolution "How AI Changes Everything"· May 30, 2023PodcastThe Writers Aren't Luddites. They're Bargaining Over Who Holds the ModelsHost Nathan LabenzThree WGA members tell Nathan Labenz what ChatGPT can already do in a writers’ room — and which two studio nightmares the strike is trying to lock out.
11:07ENMatthew Berman· May 16, 2023Testing MosaicML MPT-7B Chat and StoryWriter in 2023Matthew Berman · Forward FutureMatthew Berman examines MPT-7B model variants, their licenses and a mixed set of local tests.
7:41ENMatthew Berman· May 5, 2023Reconstructing Viewed Images From fMRI With Stable DiffusionMatthew Berman · Forward FutureMatthew Berman reviews a study combining brain scans with a pretrained image generator. The experiment reconstructed approximate images viewed by four participants under extensive scanning and training, not arbitrary thoughts.
7:53ENMatthew Berman· Apr 29, 2023AI Voice Imitations, ChatGPT Data Controls and Startup FundingMatthew Berman · Forward FutureMatthew Berman examines synthetic pop music and artist consent alongside April 2023 updates from OpenAI, Replit and Pinecone.
1:20:55ENCognitive Revolution "How AI Changes Everything"· Mar 24, 2023PodcastA Custom Voice Used to Cost $10,000. Ten Minutes of Audio Now Clones It.Host Nathan LabenzPlay.ht CEO Mahmoud Felfel tells Nathan Labenz how text-to-speech jumped from robotic cloud APIs to director-level voice generation — and why the company is racing to put brakes on abuse.
15:37ENMatthew Berman· Mar 22, 2023AI News in March 2023: Firefly, Gen-2, Bard and Job ExposureMatthew Berman · Forward FutureMatthew Berman reviews early generative media launches, a labor-exposure study and single-image view synthesis.
3:58ENMatthew Berman· Mar 7, 2023Creating Imagined Childhood Portraits with MidjourneyMatthew Berman · Forward FutureMatthew Berman demonstrates a 2023 Discord workflow for prompting age-transformed portraits and tests a personal reference image.
12:39ENMatthew Berman· Mar 5, 2023Prompting for Realistic Images: Portraits, Food, Nature and InteriorsMatthew Berman · Forward FutureMatthew Berman experiments with Midjourney v4 prompts in 2023, showing how subject, lighting and descriptive details affect generated images.Load moreShowing 24 of 211