As I learn …
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I'm Marc Abraham, an experienced Digital Product Manager, interested in everything digital. I've named this blog "As I learn" since I will write about new technologies, gadgets, digital product management, design, case studies, and any other digital things I learn about on a day-to-day basis.
As I learn …
3w ago
Last week I wrote about the arrival of Sora and this week I’ll cover two new contributions to the field of video and AI: Meta’s “V-JEPA” method and Alibaba’s “EMO” model. EMO With EMO (Emote Portrait Alive – why wasn’t it called “EPO”?!), users can create singing or talking videos, based off a static image ..read more
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1M ago
A couple of weeks ago, we saw and heard about two interesting breakthroughs in the world of AI generated content: Sora and V-JEPA. In this post I want to touch on SORA and its promise (and potential dangers) for the field of content production. Sora OpenAI has now introduced Sora, an AI model that generates ..read more
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1M ago
My summary of Glif before using it – A generative AI tools that lets you generate images, similar to Midjourney and Runway. How does Glif explain itself in the first minute? “Create, Remix and Run Magic AI Generators”, followed by the different content types one can create through Glif, varying from images to video. The ..read more
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1M ago
Reading the back cover of “The Team that Managed Itself: A Story of Leadership” by Christina Wodtke there’s an interesting quote from Marty Cagan, internationally renown product management thinker and author: “In this new book, Christina has tackled what I consider the most important problem in the tech industry. Only a small fraction of product ..read more
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1M ago
My summary of Raycast before using it – Raycast is a productivity tool, making it easy to search, launch programmes and run tasks. How does Raycast explain itself in the first minute? “Supercharged productivity” is Raycast’s key promise on their website. “Raycast is a blazingly fast, totally extendable launcher. It lets you complete tasks, calculate ..read more
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2M ago
I recently heard Anjney Midha – General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz – talking about synthetic data. I could sense synthetic data has to do with AI, but not much more beyond that. So what does any self respecting product person do in such a situation?! Ask ChatGpT of course! My main takeaway from reading ChatGpT’s ..read more
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2M ago
The best book on negotiation skills has to be “Never Split the Difference” by Chris Voss. Tactical empathy was one of my main takeaways from Never Split the Difference: understanding of the feelings and mindset of another in the moment as well as what sits behind those feelings. This understanding helps increase your influence and overcoming any ..read more
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2M ago
We talk a lot about the new innovations enabled through generative AI, but we haven’t talked as much about how we expect users to interact with AI applications. Because of the more unpredictable nature of generative AI, user interfaces will shift from deterministic to probabilistic user interfaces. In mathematics, a deterministic mathematical model is meant ..read more
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3M ago
My summary of H&R Block AI Tax Assist before using it – A few months ago, I wrote about Harvey, a product that uses AI to provide legal support. I expect H&R Block AI Tax Assist to do the same for taxpayers. How does H&R Block AI Tax Assist explain itself in the first minute ..read more
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3M ago
Last year I reviewed “Obviously Awesome”, a book by April Dunford about the intricacies of effective product positioning. In her latest book, “Sales Pitch”, Dunford explains how we can use positioning to deliver successful sales pitches. Sales people assume that prospects want an answer to the question “Why should I pick you?” Instead, the question ..read more