AI. Your Happiness Hack

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Sometimes, I discover an AI tool that makes me smile.

It’s likely to be intuitive, solves real problems, and doesn't require a tech degree or a corporate budget.

But its true “happy-making” quotient often comes from its striking contrast to my past experiences.

Remember those brutal late-nighters? 

Red Bull coursing through your veins as you battled yet another strategy doc revision.

Hours melting away as you wrangled presentations, juggling big-picture visions and mind-numbing details.

The joys of chasing elusive diagrams around PowerPoint slides or hounding design teams for that custom template.

Ugh. The struggle was real.

For those of us who've been in the game a while, memories like these are seared into our psyches.

So when I find an AI tool that effortlessly handles tasks that once consumed hours or even days, the relief is palpable.

It's not just about efficiency – it's about reclaiming time, empowerment, and rediscovering joy in the work.

If you've never known the pain of the "old way," it's harder to fully appreciate the revolution at our fingertips.

But I have. And I do 😀 

Not every AI tool we feature will rock your world, but when you find one that does, it's like a weight lifted from your shoulders – a reminder of how far we've come and a glimpse of the possibilities ahead.

AI SMORGASBORD

AI Audio “Forensics” to Solve Cocktail Party Syndrome? Electrical engineer Keith McElveen …became interested in the problem when he was working for the US government on a war crimes case. "What we were trying to figure out was who ordered the massacre of civilians. Some of the evidence included recordings with a bunch of voices all talking at once - and that's when I learned what the "cocktail party problem" was," he says.

The Great AI Divide? Global AI fund needed to help developing nations tap tech benefits, UN says. Governments and private firms should contribute to help states unable to invest and benefit from advances.

Beneficial or Risky? One in five GPs in the UK use AI such as ChatGPT for daily tasks, a recent survey finds. Doctors are using the technology for activities such as suggesting diagnoses and writing letters, according to BMA

AI MADE EASY

On the subject of tools with high happiness quotients, this one is worth a mention. Napkin.ai can assist in writing documents of many types but also converts words into visuals, diagrams, flow charts, timelines, and more. All with a simple toggle of the cursor. The range of formats on offer is limited, but I’m sure will grow over time.

This video provides a quick walk-through, and the attachment below it - though a bit rough and ready - demonstrates Napkin’s outputs. Napkin.ai is still in Beta so right now it’s free to use!

Sample Napkin.ai Output

Napkin AI Sample OutputsExample: Mapping your Workflow131.20 KB • PDF File

THROUGH A-EYES:

Rainy Sunday? Bored kids? Bored you? 🌧️ Here’s a quick happy hack: create a personalized coloring book. One of the many things I love about Canva is how many clever little AI apps are integrated into its design studio. This one - unsurprisingly - is named Coloring Book and it offers a generous free 5 credits a day (1 image = 1 credit) 😃 There are dozens of other AI apps outside of Canva that do the same thing.

A few words of text, and lo, you are a picture whisperer! Well, almost …my first efforts aren’t exactly stellar.

The Boss 🦁 

Eye Chart 👀 

Migraine Inducing 🤕 

Dodgy Back Legs 🐎 🩼 

Bucolicly Boring 🐑 

Has My Name on It 🌴 🥥 🍸️ 

Sample Coloring Book. pdf10.68 MB • PDF File

AI-FLUENT:

SMALL LANGUAGE MODELS (SLMs)

The Byte: Compact AI systems for efficient language processing, ideal for mobile apps.

Simple Definition: Small Language Models (SLMs) are streamlined versions of larger language models (LLMs), optimized for efficiency and speed on devices with limited resources, like smartphones.

Real-World Analogy: Think of a small language model as a pocket-sized brain, specialized in specific tasks, perfect for the constrained environment of a smartphone.

Business Use Cases:

  • Efficient in-app chatbots for customer service

  • Real-time language translation on smartphones

  • Voice command systems in mobile-controlled smart devices

  • Predictive text and autocorrect in mobile keyboards

Key Takeaway: Small Language Models are crucial for bringing AI-powered language capabilities to mobile apps, enabling sophisticated features directly on smartphones without draining battery or requiring constant cloud connectivity. They open new possibilities for intelligent, responsive mobile experiences.

AI SKILLS SHIFT:

In our tech-led economy jobs will be lost and new jobs created, but the majority of roles will undergo a fundamental transformation. In a new series of Skills Shift Snapshots, we’ll be looking at how different roles will change, and the new skills required to stay competitive.

# AI Skills Shift Snapshot: Graphic Designer103.86 KB • PDF File

AI@WORKFLOW

I love hearing about breakthroughs; those ‘aha’ moments, as I call them, as people make AI discoveries that change everything. I received a great email this week from a UK subscriber …

Hi, I thought I would keep you updated with my AI journey. This week I had an important contract meeting with a subcontractor company and was tasked with producing the minutes of the meeting. I downloaded “SoundType AI” from the App Store, an AI-powered transcription app that even recognises individual speakers. It immaculately captured 28 minutes of conversation with astonishing accuracy. I then fed that transcription into Microsoft copilot and asked it to produce a minutes of the meeting from that and it did so in mere seconds and they were spot on. Saved me hours of work.

AIFE Subscriber.

If you have an AI story or a personal “Aha” moment you’d like to share, please email us. Many readers will find your progress inspiring.

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CURIOUS CAT

Meet Jackson Barn Cat a.k.a. JBC, office manager, resident AI-whisperer, and all-around curious cat. Each week he’ll nose bop a new challenge 😺

THE BACK OF A NAPKIN?

Test the capabilities of Napkin-AI.

  1. Pick any topic that interests you

  2. Prompt Napkin to generate the text e.g. “Please formulate a comprehensive (How-To Guide/Workflow/Process etc) for xxx” (add details)

  3. Check and edit outputs.

  4. Then click the icon next to the paragraph or bullets you want to visualize.

  5. You’ll be given choices of format, and editing options.

  6. Done.

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