James Cage; Episode 147

There are deep learning tools that are available to us today that have the power of magic. I can create a photorealistic image of an orangutan cowboy riding a glass lizard, just by using the power of language. I can speak something into existence, and most times you can't tell that a machine created it. That's pretty cool. Now, I don't know how valuable that picture would be, but the potential of the technology is incredible. That doesn't just happen in the world of fantasy and images, but in the world of poetry, creative writing, and who knows where else it will go. And that begs the question where is the line between machine and human reality and imagination? If we thought robots were going to disrupt the marketplace and perhaps take jobs, what's the consequence of the Internet getting involved? Well, I invited my friend James Cage to join us today. James studied data science and engineering from Georgia Tech University and has spent a career learning how to build and automate processes and tools. He regularly engages with these ideas in his new creative journey and has a fascinating story to tell and what it could mean to help human beings flourish. Join us for the conversation on this week's episode of the QTS Experience Podcast.

About Our Guest:

James Cage is a data science and artificial intelligence hobbyist who might be described as "a handsome man in his 50s, f2.8, realistic, friendly, intelligent". At least, that was the prompt used by DALL-E, the image generation AI system, to create his headshot. In his former life, he was an industrial control and marketing specialist. 

The attached headshot is photorealistic and completely accurate. 

Image Attribution: "James Cage and DALL-E"