The Future of Greeting Cards in the Age of AI

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Using AI-generated text for greeting cards is completely fine since the entire industry is built on people having trouble expressing themselves.
The greeting card industry has the potential to be disrupted by AI-generated cards which may lead to cheaper and more humorous options.
The quality of AI-generated text has significantly improved in recent years but cautiousness is still advised when it comes to romantic material.

A few days after a lawyer used ChatGPT to write a brief filled with made-up cases, a group of A.I. experts released a letter warning of the “risk of extinction” from the technology. But will A.I. ever be good enough to pose such a threat?

Then, FAANG is now MAAAN, with the addition of Nvidia. Here’s how the GPU company became a trillion-dollar behemoth.

Plus: Kevin, Casey and the New York Times tech reporter Kate Conger answer Hard Questions from listeners.

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Kate Conger is a technology reporter in the San Francisco bureau of The New York Times.

Additional Reading:

A lawyer used ChatGPT the same week that A.I. leaders released a 22-word statement about the existential risk A.I. poses to humanity.
The chip company Nvidia hit a $1 trillion market cap, powered by A.I. demand.
The podcast “Acquired” did a two-part series on the history of Nvidia.