Archive | July, 2024

AI Content Creation: Boon or Bane? Examining the Rise of AI and its Impact on Content Creation

By Anthony Sunderland on July 23, 2024 in Blog

AI Content Creation: Robot Revolution or Recipe for Disaster?

Mirko Tobias Schaefer, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Looks like I’m going to have to do this article about the benefits and problems of using A.I. the good old fashioned way.

I found some news and resources by manual search, but found it all a bit too unwieldly to put together in one article, so asked A.I. to do that for me.

A.I. Giveaways Loomed Large – Spot The Difference

It was all too obviously machine written so I’m using a ‘combo’ of my words and A.I.’s text. See if you can see where my words end and A.I’s begin, & vice-versa.

The 2 things I want to highlight are:

An A.I. being ‘Busted’ for scraping content and being accused of plagarism
An article detailing common words and phrasers that tend to spoil A.I. generated content

The world of content creation is undergoing a revolution with the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools. These tools promise faster content generation, streamlined workflows, and even the ability to tap into new creative avenues. However, concerns linger about the quality, originality, and ethical implications of AI-generated content.

This article explores the benefits and problems of using AI in content creation, using the recent controversy surrounding Perplexity as a springboard for discussion.

Benefits of AI Content Creation:

Efficiency and Speed: AI can automate repetitive tasks such as research, keyword analysis, and content outlining, freeing up human creators to focus on strategy and higher-level thinking.
Content Diversification: AI tools can help generate ideas and explore different angles on a topic, potentially leading to more diverse and engaging content.
Accessibility: AI tools can make content creation more accessible for those without extensive writing experience or facing time constraints.
Global Reach: AI can translate content into multiple languages, potentially expanding the reach of content creators.

Problems of AI Content Creation:

Originality and Quality: Accusations of Perplexity scraping content raise concerns about the originality of AI-generated content. Low-quality content can damage a creator’s reputation.
Ethical Considerations: Scraping websites for content training raises copyright concerns. Additionally, AI tools may perpetuate biases present in their training data.
Job displacement: As AI automates content creation tasks, some human content creators may face job losses.
Over-reliance on AI: Overdependence on AI tools can stifle human creativity and critical thinking skills.

The Perplexity Controversy and its Implications:

Perplexity, an AI content creation tool, has been accused of scraping data from websites that expressly prohibit such practices. This incident highlights the ethical considerations surrounding AI training data and content ownership.

Read the full article Here

Moving Forward with AI in Content Creation:

AI has the potential to be a powerful tool for content creators, but it’s crucial to use it responsibly. Here are some key takeaways:

Transparency: AI developers and users should be transparent about the source of training data and content creation processes.
Human Oversight: AI should be seen as a tool to augment human creativity, not replace it. Human oversight remains vital to ensure quality and originality.
Ethical Considerations: AI training data and content generation should be conducted ethically, respecting copyright and avoiding biases.

By addressing these challenges and using AI responsibly, we can harness its potential to create a future of rich and diverse content while safeguarding ethical principles.

How to Spot A.I. Generated Content

There’s several words and phrases A.I. over-users in its content.

Learn what they are so you can edit them out of your work. Click Here to get the list

5 Killer AI Tools You Need to Create Insanely Engaging Videos in 2024

By Anthony Sunderland on July 16, 2024 in Blog

In the world of content creation, where video is king, creating engaging visuals can be paramount. This video explores five AI text-to-video creation tools that can help you tell your story.

N.B. The screenshots don’t align directly with the text, but I wanted to give you an idea of what the various tools can do so I hope that doesn’t spoil your enjoyment of this post or the video

The first tool on the list is Lumen5. This software is popular among marketers and influencers for its intuitive interface and vast media library. It takes your script, breaks it down, and suggests relevant visuals. You can also make manual adjustments for a more hands-on approach.

Next up is Magisto. This tool uses AI to analyze and automatically edit your video content. It excels at understanding the essence of your content, making it ideal for storytelling. Magisto creates a storyboard, chooses the best style, and edits the video according to the text.

Raw Shorts is another option, standing out for its drag-and-drop interface and library of pre-designed templates. It’s perfect for creating explainer videos or short information-packed clips. You can customize these templates with your own images and audio.

Invid is known for its speed and efficiency. It utilizes AI to convert your script into captivating video content. Invid offers both an automated mode and a manual mode. The automated mode creates a video with suggested media based on the text, while the manual mode allows you to craft your story from scratch.

The last tool covered is Vidnami. This tool is praised for its flexibility, offering a wide range of video styles from kinetic typography to slideshow style videos. It analyzes your script, selects relevant images and videos, and uses text-to-speech technology to narrate your story.

The video concludes by emphasizing that the right tool is the one that allows you to create engaging and meaningful content with ease. AI text-to-video creation tools can simplify the video creation process, save time, and empower you to focus on your story. With these tools, creating compelling video content has never been easier.

🚀Boost Your Content Creation With A.I. – or not❔🤔😕

By Anthony Sunderland on July 9, 2024 in Blog

A.I’s here to stay whether we like it or not, there’s absolutely no doubt about that, and while I’m still learning about it and am not really competent or too confident in using it I have created some content I’m happy with, fact-checked, edited, revised, and used it for research and help with projects and writing.

Prototyperspective, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Content In The ‘Blink Of An Eye’ & Lots Of It

What’s not to love about being able to create an almost limitless amount of blog posts, books, courses, reports, images, voice-recordings, and videos with one ‘Click Of A Button?’

After all, the more content and products you create and offer for sale the more money you can earn, right?

The Rewards, And Risks Of Using A.I. To Create (ALL) Your Content

At first glance the rewards seem blatantly obvious don’t they?

You don’t have to be an artist to create lots of great looking art and images.

With very little ability or effort you can create stunning artwork to sell as:

T-shirt designs
Mugs
Stationary
Posters and wall art
Tote bags
Printables
Colouring Books
Even believable copies of ‘The Masters’ would you believe?

After all, if you can create 10X more products you can earn 10X more money can’t you?

Not really; because you have to declare on Amazon if you used A.I. in any part of your writing process, and there’s a limit to how many books you can upload in a day.

Sinking In A Sea Of Content

As a fiction writer with several ‘Works-In-Progress’ and dozens of ideas for more books floating around it seemed like a great idea at first – and indeed the very existence of A.I. has given me some great ideas, BUT what about those who buy a pack of writing prompts and churn out book after book with no thought about originality or quanlity?

Would even Stephen King or J.K. Rowling have got noticed under the deluge of Generative pulp on the market?

While I have promoted ‘Prompts’ products it was with the hope people would use them to enhance their content, and with the intention to put an original human spin on the generated content.

The Only Limit Is Your Imagination

Yes we’re finally in that world of limitless possibilities as far as art and literature are concerned, and A.I. provides you with endless opportunities to give life to your imagination with just a few taps of your keyboard or screen.

We’ll look into the opportunities for you to make money and build an A.I. based business over the next few weeks, and the advances in image and video creation.

In fact, I do see some great looking images that are clearly A.I. generated, but it’s clear the people (or robots) have put a bit of thought into the prompts and the final output.

I couldn’t find a great pin I thought I’d saved last week, but here’s a good one that looks A.I. generated. Nothing wrong with that Per se because it looks obvious.

screenshot of a Pinterest pin

What about when people create ‘photo realistic’ images and pass them off as if they are a skilled photographer?

That could cause problems, but when there’s no attempt at disguise or misrepresentation I feel it could add a lot of enjoyment and value to the market.

In fact several @Conversations’ I’ve had with A.I. have sparked ideas for images and artwork i want to create.

Look out for that because I’ll share the links when I upload them and the prompts used.

Don’t ‘hold your breath’ because my skills in both departments are limited.

Here’s another great looking obviously A.I. image.