The advent of ChatGPT caused a major stir late last year upon its release, but it's not the only AI endeavor either striving to influence our lives, or already doing so. In the education sphere, according to EdSurge, "A number of startups are trying to bring so-called generative AI to classrooms as a teaching tool."
There's Prof Jim, “a software company that can turn existing written materials—like textbooks, Wikipedia pages or a teacher’s notes—into animated videos at the push of a button.” An avatar for a teacher, with a realistic twist.
https://www.profjim.com/
More perniciously, Amazon delivery drivers are surveilled by an app as much or more so than the warehouse workers. OpenAI brought ChatGPT to the masses through wage suppression and exploitation of outsourced Kenyan "content labelers."
https://time.com/6247678/openai-chatgpt-kenya-workers/
And while Mark Zuckerberg claims the Metaverse will transform our work experience, those working in it now aren't quite impressed.
https://slate.com/technology/2023/01/vr-work-meetings-oculus-new-horizons-metaverse.html
