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AI Demos: Dinnerfy, Hour One, AI short film “Borrowing Time”, Bland AI and more! | E1884

E1884 • Jan 22, 2024 • 56 mins

Sunny Madra joins Jason to demo video creation platform Hour One (9:28), meal planner Dinnerfly (26:35), a short film titled “Borrowed Time,” entirely created using AI tools (49:18), and more!

Key Points

Dinnerfly is a meal planning service that creates a personalized meal plan based on user preferences, provides recipes, and orders ingredients via Instacart.
AI phone agents powered by LLMs from Bland.ai can perform tasks such as cold calling, surveys, and customer support, with the capability to adapt to conversations and provide transcripts in real-time.
Using AI-generated content from various open-source models, creators can produce short films and comic panels, but the use of such technology raises important questions about the training data and the compensation of original artists.

Speakers

Sundeep Madra

Host • 30%

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Jason Calacanis

Host • 66%

Jason Calacanis

Host • 1%

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Partners

Chapters

0:00	Sunny Madra joins Jason
1:37	Exploring the dynamics of AI in the workplace, focusing on remote work management and efficiency debates.
9:28	Sunny demos Hour One sparked from Reid Hoffman’s deep fake post.
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13:35	Sunny further demos his own use of Hour One.
17:22	Sunny demos Bland AI.
21:29	Vanta - Get $1000 off your SOC 2 at https://www.vanta.com/twist
22:37	Jason and Sunny analyze "Bland AI," discussing various applications and evaluating the demo.
26:35	Sunny demos Dinnerfy.
31:52	Gusto - Get three months free when you run your first payroll at http://www.gusto.com/twist
34:25	A conversation on Apple’s behaviour regarding its oxygen technology in smartwatches, including a fun John Malkovich reference from the film "Rounders."
37:42	Sunny demos AI Comic Factory.
49:18	Sunny presents a short film entirely created using AI tools, titled “Borrowed Time.”

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