AI Top-of-Mind for 5.17.24 — Flatter your bot
Top-of-mind today is communication. As our bots become more sophisticated and intertwined with our daily lives, how do we best interact with them? Bart Ziegler in the ‘Wall Street Journal’ looks at this question and concludes that, in the same way we try to be civil with others, we need to be positive with the bots, even to the point of flattery. Some of his guidance:
· Tell the bot it is an expert. He uses Frank Lloyd Wright and Einstein as examples.
· Prompt the bot to refine its responses, using what are termed ‘emotion prompts’
· Use prompt optimizers
· Play a role yourself, such as a concerned parent
· And be polite and use respect. A link to research on this point.
And if you are looking into agents, a fairly technical article by Assaf Elovic explaining how to create ‘multi-agent workflows’ using LangGraph. Basically, he builds a team of AI agents to collaborate to conduct research on a specific topic, spanning planning, data collection and analysis, review, and publication. Two prior works he draws on include ‘STORM’ and ‘GPT Researcher.’
And a few follow-ups to Google’s announcements this week, a good explanation by ‘TechCrunch’ as to what it means for us. I like their view that it was evolution and not revolution, but the innovations span pretty much every Google service and hardware. Looking forward, they detailed Project Astra, powering Gemini Live for interactive voice chats. More in the video.
Lastly, you’ve probably watched the Apple iPad ‘Crush’ ad by now and have read about the ensuing controversy on crushing creativity. Well, Samsung has taken the opportunity to counter it in a very creativeway. The video is here. Well done!
