January 4th, 2024

No Designer Required: DIY Home Makeovers with AI

I’m so glad you’re here.

☕️ Here's what we’re gabbing about today:

  • Can AI help me get organized? Yes! 👀 

  • Check out this medical victory aided by AI! 🥹

  • 2 AI videos I loved 😎

  • AI job roundup this week 💫 

🎥 AI on the screen

Here are 2 of my favorite videos that I saw this week in the world of AI, enjoy:

👨‍🍳 AI Vibes

Bird’s eye view of what Generative AI is

Thanks for sharing, Justin Chia!

⭐️ Question: How do I start this year off on a solid note with AI?

College Football Win GIF by Michigan State Football

 Answer: Let’s chat about it!

2 of my “goals” recently have been to de-clutter my living space and to figure out the quickest way to learn about new AI tools. Below are 2 ways I have done that this year:

Room Reinvented is an AI-powered interior design tool that allows users to visually transform their living spaces by turning photos, sketches, and ideas into realistic renderings. Bring your interior design visions to life. Here’s what it does:

  1. Transforms living spaces from photos/sketches into realistic renderings using AI.

  2. Stages unfurnished rooms virtually to help sell/rent properties.

  3. Provides interior design inspiration from AI, no photo upload needed.

  4. Offers high-end looks without designer costs.

  5. Brings user design ideas to life; boosts creative confidence.

Better AI is a Chrome extension that suggests alternative artificial intelligence tools and solutions tailored to the context of whatever AI-related website you are browsing. Here’s what it does:

  1. Provide alternative AI tool suggestions when visiting AI websites. The extension analyzes the content you're viewing and recommends relevant alternatives.

  2. Features a comprehensive database of diverse AI tools for different interests and industries. Gets you access to niche tools you may not have known about.

  3. Gives quick overviews of each recommended tool including key features, use cases, pros and cons. Saves research time.

  4. Helps expand your horizons beyond your current AI toolset. Discover fresh capabilities and possibilities.

  5. Keeps you updated on the latest and most promising AI innovations.

🫶 AI for Good

After 60 Years, AI Helps Unlock New Antibiotic

  • Using deep learning models, MIT researchers discovered a new class of compounds that can kill MRSA, a deadly antibacterial-resistant infection.

  • The compounds showed the ability to kill MRSA in lab dishes and mouse infection models, with low toxicity to human cells.

  • The nonprofit Phare Bio plans further analysis of the compounds, while the researchers design more candidates and search for antibiotics against other bacteria.

"Using a type of artificial intelligence known as deep learning, MIT researchers have discovered a class of compounds that can kill a drug-resistant bacterium that causes more than 10,000 deaths in the United States every year."

TLDR: MRSA is really hard to treat and easy to get if you don’t take care of a staph infection, this drug could help cure MRSA!

✨ Mood Board

Here are some of my favorite things from this week:

LISTENING

READING

FEELING

VISITING

👯 2024 Vision: A Look into the Crystal Ball of Investor Forecasts

This article surveys over 40 venture capital investors on their perspectives and predictions for startup funding, valuations, exits, and key trends in 2024.

Image Credit: Bryce Durbin / TechCrunch

"I expect to see more than five times what we saw this year." - Nichole Wischoff on exits in 2024.

"The hype surrounding AI, like the hype that surrounded the PC in the ’80s and the internet in the ’90s, is justified." - Kevin Lalande

Which startup will IPO first?

  • Stripe: 7 votes

  • Databricks: 6 votes

  • Shein: 5 votes

  • Reddit, Rubrik: 3 votes

  • Klarna: 2 votes

👀 Job Board

Here are some awesome open positions in the AI space that I would love to see one of our readers fill:

Definition: Deep Learning

A function of artificial intelligence that imitates the human brain by learning from the way data is structured, rather than from an algorithm that’s programmed to do one specific thing.

What is IYKYK? (If you know, you know) 💅

My name is Sarah Stoker and I’ve been writing about AI in the creative space since April under a different banner. My goal is to make learning about AI accessible and create a lifestyle of creativity alongside AI. I would love to have you along my journey.