🚶🏻‍♂️ Can AI Cure Loneliness?

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• 🚶🏻‍♂️AI's role in combating loneliness

• 🕵️South Korea wants to be a top AI hub

• 🔨 10 Tools you may not have heard of

AI as a cure for loneliness - An insider's take

🙍🏻‍♂️Context of the news - While Hollywood films have often highlighted the dangers of relationships with artificial intelligence, one computer scientist believes we're overlooking the benefits these relationships can offer.

🤖News - Tony Prescott, a professor of cognitive robotics at the University of Sheffield, suggests that AI can help combat human loneliness. 

He compares AI relationships to the bonds we form with pets or the way children play with dolls, arguing that we should recognize the potential comforts AI can provide to adults.

📖Prescott's Theory - In his new book, The Psychology of Artificial Intelligence, Prescott wrote that "In an age when many people describe their lives as lonely, there may be value in having AI companionship as a form of reciprocal social interaction that is stimulating and personalised."

Prescott noted that loneliness often leads to a downward spiral of isolation and low self-esteem, discouraging further interaction. He believes that AI companionship could break this cycle by boosting self-worth and improving social skills through practicing conversations and interactions, ultimately helping individuals find companionship with humans again.

South Korea's AI chip dominance could help it become a top AI hub: Experts

☕News - South Korea's strong position in the memory chip market and its thriving AI ecosystem give it a competitive edge in the global AI chip race, according to industry experts.

In fact, the government is also supportive of the country's AI chip ambitions. In its "digital strategy," the South Korean government has set a goal of becoming one of the world's top three AI powerhouses by 2027.

🤔Do we have any South Korean companies leading the race though?

• The country is home to two of the world's largest dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chipmakers, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. These companies have been investing heavily in AI research and development, and are well-positioned to compete in the rapidly growing market for AI chips.

• South Korea also has a strong local AI ecosystem, with companies like Naver and Kakao developing AI-powered products and services. This ecosystem provides a pool of talent and resources that can be tapped into by AI chipmakers.

🙆🏻‍♀️What else is happening?

• Tech giants form an industry group to help develop next-gen AI chip components

• Discord has become an unlikely center for the generative AI boom

• Vox Media and OpenAI Form Strategic Content and Product Partnership

• AI headphones let wearer listen to a single person in a crowd, by looking at them just once

🔖AI-based books

The AI Economy: Work, Wealth, and Welfare in the Robot Age by Roger Bootle - Examines the potential impact of artificial intelligence on the economy, including its effects on jobs, income distribution, and social welfare.

The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster - A science fiction short story that envisions a future where humanity lives underground and relies on a vast machine for everything, including communication and entertainment.

The Positronic Man by Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg - Explores the theme of robotic sentience and human-robot relationships through the story of a robot who desires to become more human.

Tools

OpenTools AI Tools Expert GPT - Find the perfect AI Tool to solve supercharge your workflow. This GPT is connected to our database, so you can ask in depth questions on any AI tool directly in chatGPT (free w/ ChatGPT)

GetGloby - Transcreate Ads & Marketing Assets into 100+ languages using AI ($8/month)

Supermeme - An AI-powered meme generator that helps users create memes from any text ($9.9/ month) 

Medisearch - An AI-powered tool that provides quick and accurate answers to health and bioscience questions (Free)

GPTinf - A tool designed to rephrase AI-generated content to bypass detection by AI plagiarism detectors ($12/month)

goHeather - An AI-powered contract review software that helps users understand the terms and potential risks in their contracts ($29.99/month)

Larry the Elf - A tool that assists users in finding gifts for various recipients, such as children, friends, or spouses (Free)

Ankara AI - An app that uses AI to generate narrations for videos (Free)

SmiliMedia - A tool that allows content creators to quickly generate viral clips from their YouTube videos or local files ($18.90/month)

Teno Chat - An intelligent Discord bot designed to join voice channels, listen, and transcribe meetings (Free)

😎AI life hacks

Fashion advice: Use apps like StyleCheck to get AI-powered fashion advice and recommendations based on your personal style, or explore AI-generated outfit suggestions using tools like Outfit AI.

Dance lessons: Learn new dance moves with AI-powered dance instruction apps like Dance Reality, which uses augmented reality to teach you dance routines step-by-step.

Lyric generation: Get creative with AI-powered lyric generation using tools like DeepBeat or Botnik's Song Lyrics Generator.