AI for Humanity: A Guardian’s Vision
Author(s): Sophia Banton Originally published on Towards AI. A creator is responsible for their creation. We created AI. Will we shape it, or will we allow it to shape us? The Age of AI: A Defining Moment for Humanity Artificial Intelligence (AI) …
The Clothes Have No Emperor: AI is Ready, but Humanity is Not
Author(s): Sophia Banton Originally published on Towards AI. “It hallucinates too much.” “I just used it to write an essay.” “It can’t reason.” “I just made my Studio Ghibli image.” These varied reactions underscore a fundamental truth: very few topics divide people …
Same Prompt, Different Minds: What 3 LLMs Taught Me About AI in the Classroom
Author(s): Sophia Banton Originally published on Towards AI. Image generated with Google Whisk The growing fear today is that AI models will make us less intelligent. A widely circulated study from MIT pointed out that brain activity decreased with ChatGPT use. The …
Will AI Replace “Your” Job?
Author(s): Sophia Banton Originally published on Towards AI. Created by Sophia Banton in collaboration with Google Whisk. Same desk. Same data. One is uncertain. One is optimized. As AI becomes both doer and thinker, the future of work is quietly being rewritten. …
Lights, Camera, Algorithm: I Gave 3 AI Tools the Same Input and Got 3 Different Films
Author(s): Sophia Banton Originally published on Towards AI. Among GenAI tools, nothing is more fascinating for AI enthusiasts and those who are warming up to AI than AI video generation. While image generation is impressive, video models turn ideas into animated reality, …
My AI Journey: The Tools That Opened Each Door
Author(s): Sophia Banton Originally published on Towards AI. Steve Jobs once said, “Technology is nothing. What’s important is that you have a faith in people, that they’re basically good and smart, and if you give them tools, they’ll do wonderful things with …
When AI Goes Wrong: How a Simple Iguana Prompt Revealed ChatGPT’s Bias Problem
Author(s): Sophia Banton Originally published on Towards AI. When AI Goes Wrong: How a Simple Iguana Prompt Revealed ChatGPT’s Bias Problem As an AI professional, I regularly create images both for my articles and for stories with my daughter. We’ve developed a …
Generative AI’s Hidden Cost: The Double-Edged Sword of Human Validation
Author(s): Sophia Banton Originally published on Towards AI. Cover image created with Google ImageFX. Illustrates the shift from overwhelmed validation work to empowered AI collaboration. “Check this for accuracy.” “Verify that output.” “Review for ethical issues.” “Can you just look this over …
How I Made an AI Film: River of Inheritance
Author(s): Sophia Banton Originally published on Towards AI. How I Made an AI Film: River of Inheritance Scene from River of Inheritance:Created using Google ImageFX and animated with Runway Gen-3 Alpha Turbo. This scene established the film’s outdoor setting and recurring focus …
AI Erases Men Too: A Visual Test of Bias Across Four Leading Tools
Author(s): Sophia Banton Originally published on Towards AI. AI Erases Men Too: A Visual Test of Bias Across Four Leading Tools When it comes to identifying bias in AI, sometimes the clearest evidence is in the AI outputs themselves. Four AI tools. …
AI Erases Men Too: A Visual Test of Bias Across Four Leading Tools
Author(s): Sophia Banton Originally published on Towards AI. AI Erases Men Too: A Visual Test of Bias Across Four Leading Tools When it comes to identifying bias in AI, sometimes the clearest evidence is in the AI outputs themselves. Four AI tools. …
First in Flight — With AI
Author(s): Sophia Banton Originally published on Towards AI. We built it to fly with us. “The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who… looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space.” — Orville Wright …
AI for Everyone: A Clear and Simple Definition
Author(s): Sophia Banton Originally published on Towards AI. AI is for everyone. Have you ever wondered how your phone predicts what you’ll type next or how Netflix knows which movies you’ll enjoy? This everyday magic is powered by artificial intelligence, inspired by …
When AI Doesn’t See Us: A Visual Test of Bias Across Three Leading Tools
Author(s): Sophia Banton Originally published on Towards AI. When AI Doesn’t See Us: A Visual Test of Bias Across Three Leading Tools Google, Microsoft, and Midjourney each got the same prompt. Only one listened. Framing the Question: What Does AI Really See? …
AI Solutions Are Creating Artificial Needs
Author(s): Sophia Banton Originally published on Towards AI. AI Solutions Are Creating Artificial Needs AI should clear your desk, not clutter it with artificial needs. Was that task truly repetitive, or was it labeled as boring to justify automation? A need is …