In this episode, Joanie interviews Franklin Taggart about his recent book about AI called, Straight from the Bot’s Mouth: A Conversation With ChatGPT About Artificial Intelligence. Franklin created the book using ChatGPT and had the whole project done in less than a week. In this interview, Franklin describes his experience as well as AI’s impact on society, jobs—especially jobs in the creative sector—and more. Franklin is a coach who works with creative people at every level of their business and sometimes life.
Highlights:
Q: What was the experience like of creating a book with AI?
Franklin said it was a curiosity and an experiment for him, and he has been a fan of AI for years. He didn’t set out to write the book. He just wanted ChatGPT to answer his questions. This latest wave of artificial intelligence has really captured my attention and my imagination.
He keeps a notebook of questions he has about AI. He had also thought about writing a book about it for a while but didn’t have a year’s worth of time to dedicate to the project. In comes AI…
Q: What are some of the benefits and drawbacks of AI for people in the creative space?
Franklin said that ChatGPT’s responses to his questions about its impact tended to be quite balanced. Franklin does have concerns, though, especially for creatives. He gives a detailed account of how musicians were impacted by technology over the last several decades as an example of what the AI landscape might look for other creative people. It is a gripping story that is worth the listen!
Q: What do you use AI for?
Franklin has used AI to develop sales pages and said he can accomplish this normal hours’ long process in minutes. This raises the question about how to make money for developing sales pitches for people. The hourly rate may no longer be applicable. What will the future be? Franklin uses his experience and imagination to suggest new ways creative people (and everyone!) will need to work differently as AI becomes more prevalent.
Franklin also talks about how AI will affect the workforce, how to utilize AI to increase your productivity, and much more.
Words of Wisdom:
This latest wave of artificial intelligence has really captured my attention and my imagination.
AI can mirror your creativity.
Ultimately, my business model is already changing to adapt to having AI resources at my fingertips–because it has to.
The key is to figure out how to shift your business model so that it can be more fluid and flexible and responsive to the marketplace as AI technology is introduced.
Franklin Taggart’s book, Straight from the Bot’s Mouth: A Conversation With ChatGPT About Artificial Intelligence, available on Amazon.
Shout Out:
Matt Wolfe curates AI tools and shares them on https://www.futuretools.io/.
Contact Franklin Taggart:
Website: https://www.franklintaggart.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/franklin-taggart-coaching/
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