šŸš€ Unfolding the Future: AI, Video, & Our Creative Communities Await! šŸŒŸ


My creative juices are percolating šŸ‘ØšŸ¼ā€šŸŽØ as I brew up an exciting new online community ā€“ the reincarnation of my Creativity Sandbox programs. This new community will feature dynamic AI and video components, promising an even more creatively enriching experience. Stay tuned!

Meanwhile, Iā€™m having more fun than ever surfing the waves of the unfolding Generative AI Revolution. At the same time, I continue to be surprised at how few people, how few of you(!), šŸ˜± are sharing in the creative fun, learning, and experimentation necessary to discover AI's potential šŸ”®, to leverage its benefits, and to understand its dangers. āš ļø

This Is the Worst AI VIDEO We'll Ever Have šŸ˜ƒ
Right now, the AI video buzz is reverberating through dazzling videos generated by Runway ML's new Gen-3 Alpha. The tweet below offers just a few of many examples. This is all moving SO fast! šŸ¤Æ

Another Video Tip
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One of Runway's main competitors, Luma Labs' Dream Machine is also making waves with its superior image-to-video capabilities, outshining Runway's text-to-video, in many cases.

Thanks to Caleb of Curious Refuge (a highly recommended resource for all things AI Filmmaking) for this tip and for his presentation to the free AI Salon online community (where I'm starting to host the Video Guild which has been creatively named "Video with Jon" šŸ¤— Join me there?).

Meet Claude: The Fresh AI Rival to ChatGPTā€‹
Ready to dive deeper into the world of AI chatbots? Meet Claude, the new AI kid on the block aiming to dethrone the reigning champ, ChatGPT.

Marketing AI Institute chief content officer & Video Mojo guest, Mike Kaput published this illuminating overview of why Claude matters.

In the video below, Dallas Clounch, "lead educator" of the paid online community The AI Surfer (where I also participate) shows off the power of Claude with this programming "parlor trick" in less than 60 seconds:

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AI Creativity Consultant & Evangelist, Video Expert

I am a passionate advocate for "Video Mojo" which I believe has the power to supercharge your marketing through human vitality & the implementation of innovative technologies. I'm also a trendspotter and wildly creative. :-) Besides being quite active on TikTok and other social media, I am the host/producer of the Video Mojo video podcast. I'm very open to collaborations. Let's talk.

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