Have Fun with AI for Free (for now)
It's all about the prompts...And a Poem
Stable Diffusion Playground
If you haven’t had the chance to play around with Artificial Intelligence yet, today is your lucky day. For the time being the following 2 websites allow anyone to play around and come up with images and words. All you have to do is enter a few lines of type describing what you’d like to see, and read.
Let’s start with pictures. The website is called https://stablediffusionweb.com/
Stable Diffusion is a latent text-to-image diffusion model capable of generating photo-realistic images given any text input, cultivates autonomous freedom to produce incredible imagery, empowers billions of people to create stunning art within seconds.
Create beautiful art using stable diffusion ONLINE for free.
Easy to use
Stablediffusionweb.com is an easy-to-use interface for creating images using the recently released Stable Diffusion image generation model. The website can be too busy to use for brief periods. Keep trying.
High quality images
It can create high quality images of anything you can imagine in seconds–just type in a text prompt and hit Generate.
GPU enabled and fast generation
Perfect for running a quick sentence through the model and get results back rapidly.
I played around with it the other day and it produced the images above.
I asked the software to make pictures above with the following prompts (descriptions). Such as:
The first image above I used the prompt: “cyberpunk, abstract, full hd render + 3d octane render +4k UHD + immense detail + dramatic lighting + well lit + black, purple, blue, pink, cerulean, teal, metallic colours, + fine details“.
The 2,3 and 4 pic was created by using the prompt: “japanese street shops in the illustrative style of procreate ipad app“. I changed the type of shop from a music shop, to a coffee shop store front, to a bookshop to get different views.
The #5 pic prompt was similar to “full color spiderman on a high downtown building“.
#6 was “a black and white comic style illustration showing Al Swearengen and Timothy Olyphant (Seth Bullock) having a drink in a saloon bar“
#7 “Al Swearengen behind the bar in a photorealistic style and in full color“.
#8 prompt was “A full color illustration of a movie poster showing Elvis Presley and Jimi Hendrix in a 60’s style“
#9 was a beach nearing sunset showing fish and birds in the style of a painting by Salvador Dali”.
Amazing, eh?
There are tons of sites that will help you with wording the prompts. And suggesting styles and other descriptors for your prompts. Like this one
ChatGPT: Optimizing
Language Models
for Dialogue
Let’s move on to words, and language. ChatGPT has been crazy popular. As a result, it has been overwhelmed and you may have to wait to use it, as its servers can’t handle the huge load. Millions of people have signed up to try it out within the last 2 weeks since it launched. Start by signing up. It is free to use for now.
From the website:
“We’ve trained a model called ChatGPT which interacts in a conversational way. The dialogue format makes it possible for ChatGPT to answer followup questions, admit its mistakes, challenge incorrect premises, and reject inappropriate requests. ChatGPT is a sibling model to InstructGPT, which is trained to follow an instruction in a prompt and provide a detailed response”.
A lot of people are saying that this AI technology may overtake Google when someone wants to get a quick answer from the internet. A NYTimes article: The New Chatbots Could Change the World. Can You Trust Them? Who knows how habits will change?
Limitations
May occasionally generate incorrect information
May occasionally produce harmful instructions or biased content
Limited knowledge of the world and events after 2021
It is not connected to the internet, so it cannot pull current research or results at this time.
A couple of examples of what it can write/answer for you.
I asked it to explain how an average person can buy their own Bitcoin, and keep it safe so it doesn’t get stolen like people who had accounts with FTX and Quadriga.
“Most consumers obtain cryptocurrency from an exchange. This involves opening an account and depositing currency, such as Canadian dollars, before converting it to a chosen cryptocurrency, like Bitcoin or Etherium.
Typically the cryptocurrency is held in a “custodial wallet”. That means it’s assigned to the consumer’s account, but the private keys that control the cryptocurrency are held by the exchange. In other words, the exchange stores the cryptocurrency on the consumer’s behalf.
But just as a bank doesn’t hold all of its deposits in cash, an exchange will only hold enough cryptocurrency in “hot” wallets (connected to the internet) to facilitate customer transactions”.
How to keep custody of your bitcoin without an exchange after purchase?
“If you want to keep your own custody of your bitcoin, the most important thing is to keep your private keys safe and secure. Your private keys are like the password to your bitcoin wallet, and whoever has access to them has control over your bitcoin. Here are a few steps you can follow to keep your own custody of your bitcoin:
Use a hardware wallet: (Like a Ledger or a Trezor) A hardware wallet is a physical device that stores your private keys offline. This makes it much more difficult for hackers to access your keys, and it also protects your keys from being lost or stolen if your computer is damaged.
Use a strong and unique password: When you set up your bitcoin wallet, make sure to use a strong and unique password. Avoid using the same password that you use for other accounts, and avoid using easily guessable words or phrases.
Back up your wallet: If you lose access to your hardware wallet or your computer is damaged, you'll need to have a backup of your wallet in order to recover your bitcoin. Make sure to create a backup of your wallet and store it in a safe place.
Use a trusted wallet provider: When choosing a wallet provider, make sure to research and select a reputable company that has a history of providing secure and reliable services.
By following these steps, you can help ensure that you maintain custody of your own bitcoin and keep your private keys safe and secure”.
There are a few more steps involved, but this is pretty good information.
So what if I’m stuck about what I’m going to write about in my next newsletter? Ask ChatGPT!
What are 5 common marketing questions a lot of small business owners have?
“How can I attract more customers?
How can I increase sales and revenue?
How can I improve my brand awareness and recognition?
How can I compete with larger, more established businesses?
How can I measure the effectiveness of my marketing efforts”?
Then I asked: Will SEO answer those questions?
“SEO, or Search Engine Optimization, is a set of strategies and techniques used to improve a website's visibility and ranking in search engine results pages. While SEO can help improve a website's visibility and drive more traffic to a website, it may not directly address all of the common marketing questions that small business owners have.
For example, SEO can help improve a website's ranking in search engine results pages, which can in turn help attract more customers to a website. However, it does not directly address how to increase sales and revenue or how to improve brand awareness and recognition. These are other important aspects of marketing that may require different strategies and approaches.
Additionally, SEO is just one component of a comprehensive marketing strategy. In order to effectively address the common marketing questions that small business owners have, it is important to consider a range of marketing tactics and techniques, including SEO, but also including other approaches such as social media marketing, email marketing, content marketing, and more”.
What are other components of a comprehensive marketing strategy?
“In addition to SEO, a comprehensive marketing strategy may include other tactics and techniques such as:
Social media marketing: This involves using social media platforms to promote a business, engage with customers, and drive traffic to a website.
Email marketing: This involves using email to send targeted messages to a business's customers or potential customers in order to promote products or services, drive sales, or build relationships.
Content marketing: This involves creating and distributing valuable, relevant, and consistent content to attract and retain a clearly defined audience, and ultimately drive profitable customer action.
Advertising: This involves using paid media, such as television or online ads, to promote a business and its products or services.
Public relations: This involves managing the spread of information between a business and the public, and often involves securing media coverage for a business or its products or services.
These are just a few examples of the many tactics and techniques that may be included in a comprehensive marketing strategy. The specific tactics and techniques that are included will depend on the goals and objectives of the business, as well as its target audience and other factors”.
What else can it do?
It can code a simple website in html and css languages. It knows most coding languages. It will correct mistakes in your code.
Example: Make a simple PHP script for a sign up form that asks for an email address and sends the entered email address to your email address:
<?php
// Check if the form has been submitted
if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {
// Get the form data
$email = $_POST['email'];
// Validate the email address
if (!empty($email) && filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {
// Send the email
mail('your@email.com', 'New Sign Up', $email);
}
}
?>
<!-- HTML form -->
<form method="post" action="">
<label for="email">Email Address:</label><br>
<input type="email" id="email" name="email"><br><br>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Sign Up">
</form>
“To use this script, simply replace ‘your@email.com’ with your own email address. You will also need to save the file with a ‘.php’ extension and upload it to your web server. When someone fills out the form and submits it, the email address they entered will be sent to your email address”.
Amazing !
Some more prompt resources to use:
https://github.com/f/awesome-chatgpt-prompts
https://neuroflash.com/chatgpt-how-to-write-the-perfect-prompts/
https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/
One more prompt: Compose a Merry Christmas poem to my faithful newsletter subscribers and wish them a happy and prosperous new year.
'Twas the night before Christmas,
and all through the land
People were stirring,
making plans for the grand
Celebration of Christmas,
with joy in their hearts
And peace on their minds,
as a new year starts.The newsletter subscribers
were nestled all snug in their beds
While visions of presents danced in their heads
They had been faithful, throughout the year
And are now rewarded with holiday cheer.So I write this poem,
to wish them all well
May your Christmas be merry,
and your New Year be swellI know 2023 will turn out better
Especially for the readers of the Deplatformable Newsletter.Merry Christmas, dear subscribers, and a Happy New Year too.
May all your dreams and wishes come true.
~ from the heart of Paul and the Artificial Intelligence of ChatGPT
So link to something you did with this new technology, and let me know in the comments how you will use it to help you out.
Comments are like Christmas presents to a newsletter writer. Thanks for reading. Peace!