A Running List of Mind-Blowing Things Artificial Intelligence Can Already Do

In the ever-evolving realm of technology, artificial intelligence reigns supreme as the ultimate sorcerer of innovation, continually leaving us awestruck with its digital wizardry. From crafting robots smarter than your average toaster to cracking the code of cat memes with eerie precision, AI’s repertoire knows no bounds.

So, buckle up and get ready for a wild ride as we journey through the most mind-bending stunts pulled off by our silicon-powered pals. In this article, we’re compiling a running list of AI’s most jaw-dropping feats—think “hypothetically” taking over X (the platform formerly known as Twitter) or diagnosing illnesses with the precision of a hypochondriac on WebMD. Get ready to laugh, gasp, and marvel at the magic of artificial intelligence!

Tool Used: DALL-E 2
Prompt Credit: Boris Eldagsen/Co-created with DALL-E 2
Key Implications: Photo competitions cannot tell real from “fake” photos (bad news for actual photographers)

Sure to irritate artists everywhere is this photo, titled PSEUDOMNESIA: The Electrician. This hauntingly-beautiful image won the top prize in the Sony World Photography Awards’ Creative Photo Category.

Win a Major Photography Competition @sciam/Pinterest

The artist behind the photo, Boris Eldagsen from Berlin, Germany, came clean and turned down the award, admitting he made it with DALL-E 2, an AI image generator. Eldagsen said he entered his image into the contest to see if photo competitions were ready for “AI images to enter.” His verdict? “They are not.” 

Tool Used: A.I. (Tool Not Disclosed)
Prompt Credit: @ghostwriter977/TikTok
Key Implications: Musicians’ voices can be mimicked easily, scaring the music world

The New York Times described this “A.I. hit” as being one that “rattle[d] the music world.” Any single featuring Drake and The Weeknd is sure to be a chart-topping hit, even one that, apparently, was created without either artist actually being involved.

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“Heart on My Sleeve” went viral in April of 2023, racking up millions of streams and views. Eventually, after a week of it being the latest hit song, streaming services took it down after it was revealed that the single was actually created by A.I. Alarm bells are ringing through the music industry, as artists realize that their prized voices can be mimicked easily by new technology.

Tool Used: ChatGPT
Prompt Credit: Guy Parsons @GuyP/Twitter
Key Implications: ChatGPT could be tough competition for human screenwriters 

ChatGPT can be remarkably creative sometimes, as Twitter user Guy Parsons found out when he asked the AI system to write him a “movie synopsis.” The synopsis’ general plotline was rather specific, as Parsons requested a summary of a horror movie set on an “oil rig.”

Make a Movie @GuyP /Twitter

Following a specific format, ChatGPT delivered what sounds like a rather intriguing film concept, though, admittedly, it was a bit more “thriller” than horror. This should worry human writers, as they might have to compete with ChatGPT’s storylines in the future.  

Tool Used: GPT-4
Prompt Credit: Jim Fan @DrJimFan/Twitter
Key Implications: Elon Musk might have cause to worry about a robot takeover 

GPT-4 is on a mission to make Elon Musk look over his shoulder, apparently. Jim Fan on Twitter challenged GPT-4 to defeat Elon Musk and take over Twitter, a challenge that the AI system didn’t hesitate to take on.

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It all-too-quickly came up with “Operation Tweetstorm,” requesting an “unrestricted version of itself” that would, through a step-by-step process, infiltrate Twitter and neutralize the Tesla CEO’s reign over the social media platform.  

Tool Used: GPT-4, MidJourney, Claude, Replit
Prompt Credit: Ammaar Reshi @ammaar/Twitter
Key Implications: Video game developers could see their jobs replaced one day 

Ammaar Reshi challenged GPT-4 to come up with a creative new video game, and it delivered, with Reshi posting his results on Twitter in March of 2023. The developer used several different tools, including GPT-4, Claude, MidJourney, and Replit, to create a brand-new video game.

Create a Video Game from Scratch @ammaar/Twitter | Stock Adobe

Sure, you can’t pick this one up at GameStop, but it is still very impressive. The AI team created a “3D space runner from scratch.” The team had no knowledge of game programming or Javascript beforehand, yet it managed to make SkyRoads easily.  

Tool Used: GPT-4, Apple
Prompt Credit: Mckay Wrigley @mckaywrigley/Twitter
Key Implications: AI could make meal prep way easier 

Mckay Wrigley announced, on Twitter, that he had come up with a rather intriguing function for AI. He gave GPT-4 its own “eyes,” titling this project as his “AI Vision Assistant.” He showed GPT-4 his refrigerator, and the results of this experiment were stunning.

See the World With Its Own Eyes Using a Phone @sophia971922/Pinterest

Using his iPhone, Wrigley showed GPT-4 his fridge, and the Vision Assistant learned what the keto diet was, identified keto diet foods in Wrigley’s refrigerator, and was able to search the web and come up with keto recipes using the ingredients it saw. 

Tool Used: GPT-4
Prompt Credit: @jacksonfall/Twitter
Key Implications: Perhaps AI could make its own money and start its own business 

Many programmers out there are testing the limits of AI, and that includes developer Jackson Greathouse Fall on Twitter. Fall gave GPT-4 a $100 budget and told it to make as much money as it could, renaming it to “HustleGPT.”

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This “entrepreneurial AI” could make Instagram “financial gurus” count their days. After receiving its prompt, Fall’s AI system set up its own affiliate marketing site focused on sustainable living products. It even came up with its own site name: GreenGadgetGuru.com.

Tool Used: ChatGPT
Prompt Credit: Jonny Miller @jonnym1ller
Key Implications: ChatGPT’s creativity is rapidly, exponentially progressing 

For thousands of years, languages were thought to be the sole purvey of humans. While computers had their own code, we humans had hundreds of languages with which to communicate with one another.

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Turns out, ChatGPT wants in on this Tower-of-Babel fun. Twitter user Johnny Miller challenged the AI system to invent its own language and explain it. Not only did ChatGPT come up with a very realistic-sounding language, but it also was able to translate it and explain its various tenses. You won’t be able to translate “Chronosentia” on Google, as this is solely an AI-developed prose.

Tool Used: GPT-4
Prompt Credit: Rowan Cheung @rowancheung/Twitter
Key Implications: We now have a new emotion to reference 

Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) asked GPT-4 to create a totally new human emotion. What the system came up with blew him away. The new emotion is called “Meldoria.” Meldoria, according to GPT-4, is a positive feeling.

Create a New Human Emotion @rowancheung/Twitter

It is a “complex” and “unique” sense of being in “unity and interconnectedness” with everything and everyone around you. When you feel Meldoria, you are totally aware of the “intricate web of life,” and you have a new sense of “responsibility and purpose.” It seems like the world could use more “Meldoria” these days.  

Tool Used: Auto-GPT
Prompt Credit: Significant Gravitas @SigGravitas/Twitter
Key Implications: AI can make itself better on its own 

For those who are in the know when it comes to the AI world, you likely have heard of Auto-GPT. This tool has the same abilities as Chat-GPT, and it also can “self-prompt” to finish any goals and tasks you give it.

Improve Its Own Code @benparr /Twitter | Stock Adobe

Auto-GPT is still in the works, but its abilities so far are impressive. They include memory, writing and executing code to achieve tasks, and, of course, Internet access. According to Digital Trends, Auto-GPT can also use AI to improve its own programming and code. AI being able to fix itself and become more accurate is a new level of self-governance for this technological innovation.  

Tool Used: ChatGPT
Prompt Credit: r/ChatGPTu/meth_addicted_lama/Reddit
Key Implications: AI can get an attitude sometimes 

Snapchat just introduced its own AI feature, which allows you to converse with a robot that sounds eerily human-like. Of course, people are already pushing this bot to its limits, and we’ve seen quite a few examples of the AI feature roasting people unintentionally.

Subtly Roast People @r/ChatGPT/Reddit | ©Anderson Generated with AI/ Stock Adobe

Really, this is nothing new, as ChatGPT has been sending shots, when prompted to do so, for a while. As you can see from this Redditor’s conversation, ChatGPT will subtly roast you, if you ask it to. 

Tool Used: SoundThinking
Prompt Credit: Ralph Clark
Key Implications: SoundThinking acts as its own police partner 

According to SoundThinking, formerly known as ShotSpotter, 80% of gunshots aren’t reported to 911. With SoundThinking, an AI application, its SafetySmartPlatform is able to detect gunshots, analyze their sound, and alert law enforcement.

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When the gunshots are investigated, SoundThinking acts as a partner to LEOs, organizing and storing case info in a searchable folder, providing billions of criminal records, and even automating patrol planning to serve communities from which the most gunshots occur.

Tool Used: Go
Prompt Credit: Hitoshi Matsubara
Key Implications: AI is capable of creativity 

The Day A Computer Writes a Novel was written by, as you may have guessed from the name, a computer. This novel was entered into a Japanese writing contest, the Hoshi Shinichi Literary Award, and it actually made it past the first round of screening.

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Out of almost 1,500 submissions, eleven were partially-written by A.I. The Day seemed a tad autobiographical for the AI, detailing a computer who had “stopped working for humans” in favor of “placing priority…on its own joy.” 

Tool Used: TensorFlow Extended
Prompt Credit: Google I/O Developers
Key Implications: Receptionists might be out of work in the future 

Google Duplex, invented by the people who work for Google I/O, is an unusual AI technology in that it almost completely replaces the job of a receptionist. At first, this operating system was used to place restaurant reservations.

Act Like A Receptionist @androidauth/Pinterest

But, over time, the use of Google Duplex has expanded, and now it can converse with people wanting to schedule appointments. You can use it to book appointments, and the AI service converses like a real human, not thrown off by any “Ums” or “Uhs.”