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I attended the Collision conference in Toronto last week where AI was the hot topic (unsurprisingly). Out of the myriad of opinions and predictions, a handful stood out to me that I had to share with the rest of you. 1. Keep the hand of the artist in the creative process – Philip Hunt, Studio AKA Philip Hunt, the Oscar-nominated Creative Director from Studio AKA, shared his thoughts on AI in the creative process. The one question on every creative’s mind is “Will AI take creative jobs?”. Philip talked about how AI is much more beneficial at assisting and turbocharging creatives to c ..read more

Apple just rebranded AI. In classic Apple fashion, they’ve created a new word for it: “Apple Intelligence”. Throughout the keynote, Apple only said “AI” twice. They never used "Gen AI". Clearly, they're trying to separate themselves from the competition by using other terms like “personal intelligence”, "personal intelligence system", and "generative models". It's exactly how they separated the Apple Vision Pro from the AR/VR/Metaverse branding, and created the spatial computing term instead. It’s a clever move, because it avoids the negative connotations of the word “artificial”. It also sepa ..read more

As I’m rebuilding the new Year 2049 website (still a work in progress!), I realized that my article cover images were all over the place. They lack consistency. They lack a consistent brand identity. Sometimes I use stock images. Sometimes it’s memes. I even make some from scratch to illustrate a specific concept. By the time I finish writing something, I’m too tired to think about the cover image so I just make/use whatever’s on my mind. I decided to change my ways. I wanted them to look better, and give them a similar look and feel. And I did: Ah yes. Much better. I’ve written over ..read more

Welcome back to Year 2049, your source of practical insights, case studies, and resources to help you embrace and harness the power of AI in your life, work, and business. If this was forwarded to you, you can subscribe to receive Year 2049 in your inbox every Friday. Subscribe now Updates Before we get into today’s issue, some updates for you: Where I’ve been: I haven’t sent this newsletter in three weeks because I caught COVID on one week and another virus the week after. It was rough but I’m slowly back to my regular rhythm. AI Tools Database: I’ve added two new tools that I started u ..read more

Hey friends, I messed up the links in this morning’s email, you can access the AI tools database below: AI Tools Database Thank you to those who kindly emailed me to let me know about the issue. Have a great weekend, Fawzi ..read more

Welcome back to Year 2049, your source of practical insights, case studies, and resources to help you embrace and harness the power of AI in your life, work, and business. If this was forwarded to you, you can subscribe to receive Year 2049 in your inbox every Friday. Subscribe now Hey friends, I’ve got a short email today because I’m working on exciting stuff for you in the background. I’m starting the work on my No-Code AI Assistants & Automations course which you’ll hear updates about throughout my building process. If you’re one of the people who filled out my short survey, thank you ..read more