AI versus Marshy - Glif Replacing, Soaring, and a Content Expert

You might be wondering what I mean by the ‘Uber effect’. It’s a phenomenon where our expectations of convenience and speed are constantly rising, and when they’re not met, we get frustrated. This is happening with AI, and it’s getting harder to impress me with new developments. Let’s dive into the latest tool that’s making waves in the AI space. You were able to point to your map, say “meet me here”, and a car showed up to that spot like some form of telecommunicative sorcery. Today when you order one, it’s more like “this a**-hole is 3 minutes late and I just CAN’T BELIEVE it - I ordered it like 35 minutes ago”. I don’t ride them any more but you can bet your impatient socks I used to sound like that. That’s the Uber effect. This is already happening with AI - even after 9 or so months of writing this newsletter - it gets harder and harder to impress me. So allow me to introduce the Glif Chrome Extension. I better test this before I mention it in my newsletter… Our intrepid writer MARSHY installs the Chrome extension and googles “picture of cartoon frog” I am not sure what they’ll do here. I will lay on the detail here and see what it comes back with. Well la-dee-dar! Sacre bleu! 🧀 Alright well let’s do something harder. Where’s my Bonti… It does not take long for MARSHY to find a photo of his beloved cat ​ ​ Well colour me (and Bonti) impressed! Glif is currently in Alpha but removed the barrier to entry on a lot of the things people find challenging with image generators: Easy to access Works with tools you already have No sign-up (for now) I have no idea how such a thing is sustainable - and it looks like there’s nothing stopping you from ripping through stock photos that appear in Google Image search. These tools are part of an inevitable trend across the Internet where content will be remixed upon remix where original content will be impossible to source/find/protect. More on this effect was cover over a year ago by Maggie Appleton. ​ Who provides a great take on “dark forest theory”. ​ Via Maggie’s excellent read. Sora-ing through the air Via OpenAI . The funny thing about a weekly newsletter is that sometimes - a week feels like a LONG time. Originally appeared in newsletter : AI versus Marshy #35: glif replacing, soaring, and a content expert