Training AI through how-to videos on YouTube 🤯
Training AI through how-to videos on YouTube 🤯
#29 2022 | Sparkmate
When you want to learn something or are just curious, what do you do?
You’ll probably just type it in Google and find TONS of how-to videos and tutorials available online.
Now, what if AI could also learn the same ways?
…. and what if we told you that that’s already possible? 💥😏 More about this below!
Here’s what we’ve put together for your weekly Spark reads:
Supercharging your CRM through Linkedin with Folk 👯♀️
Save anything and *actually* get back to it with UpNext 🔖
Training AI through how-to videos 🤯
Creating cement with algae 🏗
Morgan is in London 💂♀️🇬🇧
💙 NEWS FROM OUR MATESSupercharging your CRM through Linkedin with Folk 👯♀️
Our mates at Folk have introduced Folkx 2.0 - a revamped and improved version of their Chrome extension! (If you haven’t heard of them, Folk is a straight forward, no-bullshit CRM software - it’s our favorite CRM to date, it’s what we use!)
With their latest update, you can build lists of contacts directly from Linkedin and activate them in Folk! Their extension can now remain active while you navigate on Linkedin, so you don’t need to keep re-opening it. You can then easily add contacts to multiple groups from a contact page or a Linkedin search query. Here’s a video they made on how it works!
🤸 FUN PRODUCT WE LOVESave anything and *actually* get back to it with UpNext 🔖
First question: Do you save articles, newsletters, photos and videos across the web and social media?
Second question: Do you *actually* get back to it?
With all of your saves everywhere tucked into each platform’s “Saved” libraries, it’s hard to keep track of all of them - or even remember that you saved them. With UpNext, you’ll be sure to get back to each!
Features:
Save anything from anywhere - Literally, anything. Articles & blog posts, Newsletters, Tweets & threads, Podcasts, Audio articles, Videos, PDFs. Just by forwarding them to the app!
Quick access. Get to your most recent saves or resume a previous session from the app’s home screen.
Reviews of your saves. Swipe left, swipe right to keep clutter out of your library. Familiar gestures…? 😂
Daily Picks. Every morning, the app features five pieces of content from your library that you haven't finished yet.
Shortcuts for your phone. Get to your long reads or podcasts with a tap.
Follow real people, not RSS feeds. Get updates from your favorite creators and experts when they create or share content online.
See what's trending on Twitter. Connect your Twitter account and see the most shared content on your timeline.
Annotate podcasts & videos. Make notes while listening to podcasts or watching Youtube videos. They record timestamps, so you can get back to that part of the content later.
Share lists, notes & highlights. Share your content with friends or colleagues easily.
Others: Full-text search, Image viewer, Focus mode, Email digests, Export annotations, Sync to Readwise, Import from Pocket, Follow shared lists
Who it’s for: Anyone who wants to keep track of all the content that matters to them
Price: It has a 7-day free trial, and then starts at US$9.99/mo
💭 TECH FOOD FOR THOUGHTTraining AI through how-to videos 🤯
OpenAI, an AI research organization founded by Elon Musk, has trained an AI to play Minecraft as well as humans - after watching 70,000 hours of YouTube videos. And it is beyond amazing!
It’s more than just learning how to play chess (which has been around for long! via “vs. Computer” mode), where there are strict rules and clear objectives. Minecraft is an open world full of objects you can manipulate a million different ways!
So like human players, the AI mimicked activities and learned to play on its own. Including chopping trees, collecting logs, and building crafting tables!
🌱 TECH FOR SUSTAINABILITYCreating cement with algae 🏗
Did you know: Every year, around 2 gigatons of CO2 is released from the production and usage of cement. That’s 2,000,000,000,000 kg of CO2! 😰 Ranking 3rd amongst the biggest sources of industrial pollution.
Professor Wil Srubar from the University of Colorado Boulder found a solution when he went to Thailand in 2017. He noticed natural calcium carbonate (limestone) structures growing around coral reefs and asked “If nature can grow limestone, why can’t we?”
Since then, he’s been working with a team of researchers to develop carbon neutral methods to biologically grow limestone using algae. Even better news - the limestone is actually not only carbon neutral, but carbon negative as the algae also helps remove CO2 from the environment. Exciting news for sustainable construction!
💥 WHAT’S ON @ SPARKMATEMorgan is in London 💂♀️🇬🇧
Morgan touches down in London! 🛩
He’ll be there for 2 months until the end of August, and is keen to spread his social butterfly wings to meet other fellow entrepreneurs and makers 😂 If you’re around to talk about #entrepreneurship, #entrepreneurshiplife, #startuplife, #productdevelopment to #bootstrapping, and everything in between, feel free to reach out!
Exciting things are happening every day ⚡️ Follow us on social media to stay tuned!
Instagram | Linkedin | Twitter | Facebook | YouTube
Your weekly source of updates and inspiration in product, venture building and entrepreneurship. Subscribe if you haven’t yet!