Sunday Reads #5: Social Media, Technology, and AI
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Intro
Every week I read countless stories on Medium some are good, some are not so good, some are just fluff, but some are great. Each Sunday I will share my greatest finds. The pearls of Medium. Fascinating, insightful, packed with value, and often overlooked stories.
Here’s a list of previous Sunday Reads posts:
This week on Sunday reads — Valuable tips for social media growth. A look into how social media is changing before our eyes. Some insights on technology. And as always, more on artificial intelligence.
This week there is also a bonus video in the end.
1. I Tested TikTok & Youtube with ~No Followers — Over 7.6k Views in less than 30 Days — Al Anany
Here’s a good overview of TikTok, Youtube, and Meta’s platforms. And their future potential. As well as an insightful account of personal experience using both Youtube shorts and TikTok. Read more here:
I Tested TikTok & Youtube with No Followers — Over 7.6k Views in less than 30 Days.
2. Grow Your Twitter Following in 5 Hours Per Week With This Strategy — Nick Nolan
Twitter is unique in one particular way. A lot of influential people tend to use it. Politicians, CEOs, creators. Twitter is great for networking. But starting on Twitter these days isn’t easy. It could feel like writing into a void. So here’s a great, simple strategy that will help you grow on Twitter:
Grow Your Twitter Following in 5 Hours Per Week With This Strategy
3. The Future Of Social Media — Burk
Do you remember when the feeds of your social media accounts were filled with posts from people you know? At least most of the time. This is no longer the case. Recommendation algorithms are dominating social media these days. And it seems like we will be seeing more of this in the future. Here’s Burk’s take on this:
4. How the Internet is Surreptitiously Governed by Amazon Technology — Ahamed Thousif
If you think Amazon is only selling stuff on the internet you couldn’t be more wrong. In reality, Amazon and its servers is the backbone of a pretty large part of the internet. Here’s an interesting article on how much influence Amazon really has:
How the Internet is Surreptitiously Governed by Amazon
5. Google’s PaLM-SayCan: The First of the Next Generation of Robots — Alberto Romero
While we are excited about text-to-image tools enabled by AI. The backbone of this technology — large language models, that let’s the AI understand our textual inputs is being used for much serious purposes.
This is truly revolutionary. Google is combining robotics with AI in a meaningful way. Read more here:
Google’s PaLM-SayCan: The First of the Next Generation of Robots
Bonus video
This week I have included a bonus video from one of my favorite youtube channels. On the same topic as the last of the stories. Google’s groundbreaking experiment — using AI to control a robot: video here
That’s all for today! More great stories coming next Sunday!
If you are interested in more articles on Artificial Intelligence, check out the list below:
Stay curious and stay HungryMinded!
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