HOW AI?
“Why work, when AI can work for you? ” - Alex David Pratt
Artificial Intelligence is the future and having a firm foundation in it now will greatly help you in the years that are soon to come. Do you
know that over 240,000 jobs and counting were lost this year due to the disruptive power of AI? A lot of companies are laying off employees
now that AI can do a lot of tasks that were exclusively executed by
humans alone. In this chapter, I want to take out time to show you
several ways in which you can leverage AI to make passive income.
It is quite silly to fully rely on your physical efforts in this age when AI can easily help you tackle some of your tedious tasks. I recall a
certain time when I had a lot of work on my plate and concurrently had to do some typing jobs for my Mum. In just 10 minutes I was easily able to use OCR and AI proofreading tools to easily get the job done; it would have taken me billions
There are a lot of things you can do with AI especially with
generative AI which is currently the most widely used iteration of it: AUTOMATED DOCUMENT PROCESSING
AI is instrumental in automating document-related tasks, such as
extraction, classification, and summarization, significantly reducing the need for manual intervention. An example of this is ABBYY
FlexiCapture, a software solution that utilizes AI to automatically extract information from various documents, streamlining document processing
workflows.
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DYNAMIC FRAUD DETECTION SYSTEMS
In sectors like finance and e-commerce, AI plays a pivotal role in
real-time fraud detection by analyzing patterns and anomalies in data.
Credit card companies, for instance, employ AI algorithms to identify unusual spending patterns or transactions, promptly alerting customers and preventing potential fraudulent activities.
SMART SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
AI contributes to optimizing the entire supply chain by predicting
demand, streamlining logistics, and minimizing inefficiencies. Amazon, a prime example, employs AI to forecast demand, optimize warehouse
operations, and improve delivery routes, resulting in a highly efficient and fast-paced supply chain.
AUGMENTED CREATIVITY IN CONTENT CREATION
AI tools enhance human creativity in art, design, and content
creation by generating new ideas and designs. RunwayML is a notable
example, providing artists and designers with a platform to integrate machine learning models into their creative projects, resulting in unique and innovative outputs.
ACCELERATED PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
In product development, AI streamlines processes from design to
testing, accelerating innovation and time-to-market. Siemens NX
integrates AI into computer-aided design (CAD) capabilities, facilitating more efficient product development processes.
AI IN MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT
AI is integral in media and entertainment for content
recommendation, personalized advertising, and even content creation.
Netflix, for instance, utilizes AI algorithms for content recommendation, enhancing user experience by tailoring suggestions based on individual preferences and viewing history.
INTELLIGENT CODE GENERATION ASSISTANCE
AI tools assist developers in generating code snippets, improving the speed and efficiency of software development. GitHub Copilot, a
collaborative project between GitHub and OpenAI, suggests code as
developers type, enhancing the coding process.
AUTOMATED REPORT GENERATION
AI automates report generation by extracting relevant information
from datasets, saving time and reducing errors associated with manual report writing. Tableau, for example, employs AI-powered features to
automatically create insightful reports and dashboards based on user
data.
CONVERSATIONAL SEARCH INTERFACES
AI-driven conversational interfaces revolutionize user interactions
with search engines and databases. Google Assistant, leveraging natural language processing (NLP), understands and responds to user queries in a conversational manner, enhancing the search experience.
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ELEVATED CUSTOMER EXPERIENCES WITH CHATBOTS
AI-driven chatbots provide instant and personalized customer
support, improving overall satisfaction. Zendesk Chatbot integrates AI to offer automated responses, gather customer information, and route
queries to appropriate support channels, thereby enhancing customer
experiences.
AI is quite simple to make use of; it is only shrouded by some
seemingly complex terms but leveraging it is as simple as inserting
specific prompts to execute your wish and bidding. Even if you are not an IT person, these tips will still prove useful to you because you can utilize them to supercharge your work in whatever field you find yourself in.
SELL AI ART PROMPTS
You can easily sell art prompts using DALL-E, Mid-Journey, or
Stable Diffusion. These prompts could be visual or they may even be
written; through these prompts, other artists can create original work from it. There are already platforms where people sell AI-generated art prompts, a notable one of these is promptbase.com. Create a seller profile on it, set up your listing, provide clear descriptions of your prompts and promote them through social media. You can receive payments through
the promptbase.com platform although they have their charges.
SELL AI STOCK PHOTOS
Graphics designers are always in need of stock photos to design
attractive flyers and visual content. You can make money selling stock photos on platforms like Adobe Stock, all you need to do is search for the most popular images, then create an account go to Mid-Journey (AI art generator) and create stock photos similar to those trending on Adobe Stock then uploads them to your account and watch the money roll in.
SELL AI PRINT ON DEMAND PHOTOS
Apart from the things listed above, you can easily sign up for Mid-
Journey and utilize a design prompt to create unique art of your choice.
You can then create an account on Redbubble where you can upload
your AI-generated art print-on-demand products.
AI CONTENT CREATION
With AI you can easily create content that would’ve taken you hours
to write or months to develop on your own. You can generate content
with ChatGPT, to put on a blog, such as Medium or other platforms and make some income as your readership increases. Furthermore, you can
even create an entire curriculum and prepare content for a course you can sell online.
AI MUSIC
You’d be glad to know that there are AI music generation tools
(AIVA, Amper Music) that you can use to compose various songs that
you can monetize on Spotify or better still offer music creation services on music freelancing websites such as SoundBetter or AudioJungle. If
this is too complex for you, you can also prompt ChatGPT to write lyrics or songs that you can use to create a catchy Fiverr Gig offering.
AI VIDEO
With some AI tools (Steve AI) can make cartoons for clients, or you
can start a faceless YouTube channel which you can then monetize when it grows. There’s another classic tool (Filki.ai) that you can use for voiceovers.
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AI CODING
Do you know that you can create entire applications, webpages and
even web services with AI? Even if you are a seasoned programmer who
already knows how to do this by yourself, AI can help you when you
encounter annoying bugs or when you want to integrate other APIs into your application. A Ukrainian entrepreneur by the name of Ihor Stefurak crafted a Chrome extension using ChatGPT’s assistance. He had no idea about programming whatsoever and made $1000 within a day of
launching the extension!
If you haven’t been able to identify any way to utilize AI in the
above-listed fields, perhaps you’re just a regular employee who doesn’t possess an entrepreneurial drive or wants to do freelancing, here are some must-know AI applications you can use to spice up and speed up
your work. Most employers today are interested in employing people
with GenAI (generative AI) skills. You’ll find yourself accomplishing tasks much quicker if you’re able to leverage some of these tools to
create content.
MUST-KNOW AI TOOLS
CONTENT CREATION
COPY.AI
This is a useful content creation tool that can assist you in generating marketing copies, creating blog posts, social media captions, and more in different tones and formats.
NOTION.AI
It is an AI-powered writing assistant that helps with
brainstorming, outlining, and drafting content.
RYTR
You can utilize this tool to create different creative text formats like poems, code, scripts, musical pieces, emails, letters, etc.
JASPER
Jasper is a long-form content creation tool that can help you write blog posts, articles, and even eBooks.
DESIGN AND VISUALS
MYEDIT
With MyEdit you can generate and edit images, audio, and video using
AI. Furthermore, apart from creating something entirely new, you can
also enhance existing content.
SYNTHESIA
With Synthesia you can create realistic talking avatars for your videos. It allows you to choose from various characters and customize their
appearance and voice.
LUMEN5
This wonderful tool helps you to turn text and images into engaging
videos with AI. It’s great for social media marketing and explainer
videos. I’ve used it and guarantee that it can be very handy.
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CANVA
I’m quite sure you’re already aware of this free design platform with built-in AI features like background removal and photo editing
suggestions.
PRODUCTIVITY AND ORGANIZATION
DESCRIPT
With Descript you can transcribe and edit audio and video recordings
with AI. It helps you to remove filler words, rearrange sentences, and add captions easily.
TODOIST
Todoist is an AI-powered to-do list app that prioritizes tasks and suggests deadlines. You can easily integrate it with other productivity tools.
EVERNOTE
Evernote is an awesome note-taking app with AI features like text
summarization and web clipping. You can easily organize your thoughts and research efficiently with it.
CALENDLY
Calendly is an AI-powered scheduling tool that lets you set up meetings and appointments seamlessly. It can easily integrate with your calendar.
BARD
Bard can answer your questions in an informative way, generate different creative text formats, and translate languages. It’s still under
development, but it’s always learning new things!
Remember, these are just a few examples, and many other great free AI tools are out there. There’s a site called there’s an AI for that which can help you find any AI tool you desire: https://theresanaiforthat.com/.
Explore and experiment to find the ones that work best for you! I hope this helps! There’s also another exclusive telegram channel where you can get information about AI: https://t.me/Artificial_intelligence_in
Lastly, the author has an AI Whatsapp community where he shares
content on AI: https://chat.whatsapp.com/FKpvh0chr0g9w8R6hfhpYq.
Finally, if you don’t want to be a superficial user of AI and seek to delve into more technical stuff, I have a list of highly recommended AI skills you can gain that’ll earn you a fortune off artificial intelligence.
MUST-HAVE AI SKILLS
1. PROMPT ENGINEERING: As the use of AI continues to
escalate, demand will rise for people who can excellently prompt
AI to achieve what they want. Some people may know what they
want to accomplish with AI but have no idea of the right prompts
to insert to give them the results they desire. This gives rise to
the AI skill of prompting, and millions are already waiting for
those who will master how to do this. To get you started there’s a
game called See What You Say that can help you develop your
prompt writing skills.
2. GENAI: The number of job postings containing Generative AI as a prerequisite criterion grew from less than 0.1% to over 0.6% in
a space of 7 months and the demand for individuals with this
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skill is constantly rising. Most employers are seeking to employ
individuals who can utilize Generative AI to come up with their
desired content.
3. LLM BUILDING: An LLM or large language model is an
artificial intelligence model trained on vast volumes of data to
understand and generate human language. Although this task is
not as easy as the first one it can secure you a fortune. Creating
large language models can bring you millions if not billions of
dollars especially if a lot of people build on it too. OpenAI
created just one LLM and countless AI algorithms build their
applications based on it. Similarly, if you can build a great
enough LLM, the entire world will seek to create NLP programs
on it. GPT-3 (Generative Pre-trained Transformer 3) and Roberta
(Robustly Optimized BERT Approach) are examples of large
language models.
4. DATA SCIENCE: As I explained earlier, AI feeds on data, be that as it may, the data that AI feeds on needs to be treated before it is useful. This makes the data manicuring skill a valuable one, and
the market for data manicuring (editing data and making it
eligible for AI processing) a very profitable one. Skills in data
preprocessing, feature engineering, and exploratory data analysis
are vital for extracting meaningful insights from data and can
generate tremendous wealth for you. Furthermore, proficiency in
tools like Apache Hadoop, Spark, or distributed computing
frameworks is also important for handling large-scale datasets.
5. AI INNOVATION: If you run a business or firm, try to find out if its processes can be digitalized into an AI software or algorithm.
Gone are the days when business thrived based on having a large
physical avenue, lots of staff and many processes. All of the
complexities of business can be summarized into one digital
product that automates most of the processes. This is the sure
way to go in business in the 21st century. Instead of paying
thousands of dollars into setting up such an antiquated business
structure that will take you years of stress and finances to scale;
why not invest in building an AI app that will secure you billions
with less stress and half as much work?
A great man once said (whoever that is), that learning never ends. On that note, I would like to suggest some courses you can take if you are interested in extending your knowledge on this intriguing topic.
BEST COURSES TO LEARN ABOUT AI
1. AI FOR EVERYONE by Andrew Ng: Coursera
2. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE NANODEGREE by Peter Norvig:
Udacity
3. COMPUTER SCIENCE FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE by
Havard: edX
4. DEEP LEARNING SPECIALIZATION by Andrew Ng: Coursera
5. SELF-DRIVING CARS - DUCKIETOWN by Prof Emilio: edX
6. NLP SPECIALIZATION: Coursera
7. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE by Prof. Patrick Winston: MIT
Open Courseware
ADDITIONAL PLATFORMS TO LEARN ABOUT AI
1. GOOGLE AI (AI.GOOGLE/EDUCATION): Google's AI
education platform offers resources, research papers, and
courses, including the popular "Machine Learning Crash
Course”.
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2. IBM SKILLS (IBM.COM/TRAINING): IBM's training platform
provides courses on AI, machine learning, and data science,
often focusing on the use of IBM tools and technologies.
3. TENSORFLOW TUTORIALS
(TENSORFLOW.ORG/TUTORIALS): TensorFlow's official
website offers a comprehensive set of tutorials for learning and
applying machine learning concepts using the TensorFlow
library.
4. PYTORCH TUTORIALS (PYTORCH.ORG/TUTORIALS):
PyTorch's official website provides tutorials for learning and
implementing deep learning models using the PyTorch
framework.
5. UDACITY (UDACITY.COM): Offers nanodegree programs in AI,
machine learning, and related fields, developed in collaboration
with industry leaders.
6. CODECADEMY (CODECADEMY.COM): Provides interactive
coding lessons, including courses on Python and data science,
which are fundamental for AI development.
7. KAGGLE (KAGGLE.COM): A platform for data science and
machine learning competitions. Kaggle also provides datasets
and kernels (code notebooks) for learning and practice.
8. FAST.AI (FAST.AI): Offers practical courses on deep learning, making it accessible for those with varying levels of expertise.
9. LINKEDIN LEARNING (LINKEDIN.COM/LEARNING):
Provides a variety of courses on AI, machine learning, and data
science, often taught by industry professionals.
10. DATACAMP (DATACAMP.COM): Specializes in data science
and offers courses on programming, machine learning, and data
analysis using Python and R.
BONUS
PROMPT ENGINEERING BASICS:
https://explore.skillbuilder.aws/learn/course/external/view/elearning/177
63/foundations-of-prompt-engineering
CHATGPT PROMPTS MASTERY:
https://www.deeplearning.ai/short-courses/chatgpt-prompt-
INTRO TO GENERATIVE AI:
https://www.cloudskillsboost.google/course_templates/536
AI INTRODUCTION BY HARVARD:
https://pll.harvard.edu/course/cs50s-introduction-artificial-intelligence-
MICROSOFT GENAI BASICS:
https://www.linkedin.com/learning/what-is-generative-ai/generative-ai-
is-a-tool-in-service-of-humanity
PROMPT ENGINEERING PRO: https://learnprompting.org
GOOGLE'S ETHICAL AI:
https://www.cloudskillsboost.google/course_templates/554
HARVARD MACHINE LEARNING:
https://pll.harvard.edu/course/data-science-machine-learning
LANGCHAIN APP DEVELOPER:
https://www.deeplearning.ai/short-courses/langchain-for-llm-
BING CHAT APPLICATIONS:
https://www.linkedin.com/learning/streamlining-your-work-with-
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copilot-formerly-bing-chat-bing-chat-enterprise/put-your-fingers-to-
work-chatting-as-a-productivity-tool
GENERATIVE AI BY MICROSOFT: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-
us/training/paths/introduction-generative-ai/
AMAZON'S AI STRATEGY:
https://explore.skillbuilder.aws/learn/public/learning_plan/view/1909/ge
nerative-ai-learning-plan-for-decision-makers
GENAI FOR EVERYONE:
https://www.deeplearning.ai/courses/generative-ai-for-everyone/
AWS GENAI FOUNDATION:
https://www.coursera.org/learn/generative-ai-with-llms
OPENCV BOOTCAMP: https://opencv.org/university/free-opencv-
TENSORFLOW BOOTCAMP: https://opencv.org/university/free-
GLOSSARY
This glossary also features words I feel are relevant that I may not
have been able to treat in detail:
1. Chatbot: A chatbot is a software application that is
designed to imitate human conversation through text or
voice commands.
2. Computer Vision: Computer vision is an interdisciplinary
field of science and technology that focuses on how
computers can gain understanding from images and videos.
For AI engineers, computer vision allows them to automate
activities that the human visual system typically performs.
3. Deep Learning: Deep learning is a function of AI that
imitates the human brain by learning from how it structures
and processes information to make decisions. Instead of
relying on an algorithm that can only perform one specific
task, this subset of machine learning can learn from
unstructured data without supervision.
4. Large Language Model: A large language model (LLM)
is an AI model that has been trained on large amounts of
text so that it can understand language and generate human-
like text.
5. Natural Language Processing: Natural language
processing (NLP) is a type of AI that enables computers to
understand spoken and written human language. NLP
enables features like text and speech recognition on
devices.
6. Prompt: A prompt is an input that a user feeds to an AI
system to get a desired result or output.
7. Reinforcement Learning: Reinforcement learning is a
type of machine learning in which an algorithm learns by
interacting with its environment and then is either rewarded
or penalized based on its actions.
8. Agents: Software that can perform certain tasks
independently and proactively without the need for human
intervention, often utilizing a suite of tools like calculators
or web browsing.
9. AGI (Artificial General Intelligence): Though not widely
agreed upon, Microsoft researchers have defined AGI as
artificial intelligence that is as capable as a human at any
intellectual task.
10. Singularity: In the context of AI, the singularity (also
known as the technological singularity) refers to a
hypothetical future point in time when technological
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growth becomes uncontrollable and irreversible, leading to
unforeseeable changes to human civilization.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Alex David Pratt is an ardent lover of technology, from dismantling
electronic gadgets to discover how they work and drawing futuristic
contraptions he imagines, Mr. Pratt has always been fascinated by
science and technology and maintains that same flame after countless
years, in fact, this affinity of his has blossomed into an obsession that drove him to start an entire company (Fortizo Technologies) to build the next generation of ground-breaking inventions.
Mr. Pratt can be said to live, eat and breathe technology for he binges reads on the subject and is always enthusiastic to speak about it.
Popularly known by his alias the god of technology due to the peculiar array of technical skills he wields.
Being the tech enthusiast that He is, Mr Pratt envisions a world
where the quality of human life is at its very peak through the
advancement of science and technology. He seeks to revolutionize the
tech industry by introducing an array of novel and disruptive
innovations.
He is a self-taught technologist, delving into software engineering,
ethical hacking, deep tech and AI. He describes himself as a tech futurist, on a mission to catapult mankind to the apex of technological progress through research, development and innovation.
Mr. Pratt's career started off with hacking but his affection for tech drove him to probe into deeper and more recondite realms, you can connect
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