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0/1*jFax3XhfV9mam-k4kI_NSQ.png"><figcaption>A paragraph is summarized into one sentence</figcaption></figure><p id="2e04">Another use of text summarization is to present a user with a auto summarized dialog, with a <i>read more </i>option, which can then expand into the longer un-summarized version.</p><figure id="82f1"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*mlG74R9ZBY7NQcvQ2C8dMw.png"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><h2 id="58c0">Keywords</h2><p id="4f31">Keywords can be extracted from a block of text. You can configure the environment to be conservative and select only keywords from the text. Or a higher <i>temperature </i>can be set to where related words or keywords are generated.</p><figure id="286e"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*FGE3OBMcMyDDcpgKRQb9AQ.png"><figcaption>Key words generated from a Wikipedia paragraph.</figcaption></figure><p id="3a5c">This is very helpful to categorize text and create a search index. In the image above a extract on soccer was taken from Wikipedia. GPT-3 converted this quite large paragraph into six key words or themes.</p><figure id="93e7"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*mlG74R9ZBY7NQcvQ2C8dMw.png"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><h2 id="e562">Parse Unstructured Data</h2><p id="3191">Create tables from long form text by specifying a structure and supplying some examples.</p><figure id="6942"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*X9YWrg_wlpg3hbKCmoq62A.png"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><p id="6984">Here you can see the first entry is directly related to the sentence. The subsequent entries are somehow related and still relevant and applicable.</p><figure id="90e7"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*mlG74R9ZBY7NQcvQ2C8dMw.png"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><h2 id="7585">Classification</h2><p id="72fe">Classify items into categories via example inputs. Companies are named with categories defined. A new company can be mentioned and auto classified.</p><figure id="2265"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*IOkqXlAV2ZCxFpMNaeL2XA.png"><figcaption>With limited training data a new company can be mentioned and auto classified.</figcaption></figure><figure id="9feb"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*mlG74R9ZBY7NQcvQ2C8dMw.png"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><h2 id="281c">Extract Contact Information</h2><p id="0f31">Extract contact information from a block of text. In this case, an address.</p><figure id="8a87"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*5imfXfm2gvrGbA1uRTOkiQ.png"><figcaption>A complete address from the free text message.</figcaption></figure><figure id="ea15"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*mlG74R9ZBY7NQcvQ2C8dMw.png"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><h2 id="95b2">Summarize For A Second Grader</h2><p id="9a5d">This functionality takes a complex and relatively long piece, summarize and simplifies it into a sentence or two.</p><figure id="0da8"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*ReUEmdf0XZ3r54rcYqibfA.png"><figcaption>A large and complex piece of text is summarized and simplified.</figcaption></figure><figure id="d85e"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*mlG74R9ZBY7NQcvQ2C8dMw.png"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><h1 id="e7ec">Conclusion</h1><p id="3c79">There are definitely good implementation opportunities for the Conversational AI aspect of GPT-3.</p><figure id="6f46"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*5m48Qw7hRcbi7gsL5ZoRAQ.png"><figcaption>Restaurant review is created from a few key words and the restaurant name.</figcaption></figure><p id="2f01">As a support API where text can be processed to assist existing NLU functionality, there is a very real use case.</p><p id="25d7">As mentioned, GPT-3 can be a great help in pre-processing user input as a help for the NLU engine. The challenge is that GPT-3 seems very well positioned to write reviews, compile questions and have a general conversation. This could lead to a proliferation of bots writing reviews, online adds and general copywriting tasks.</p><figure id="b3c1"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*26A6H7nHUvLW10CkKSlaCQ.png"><figcaption>An apple pie review based on four generic words.</figcaption></figure><p id="4fae">This automation does not need to be malicious in principle. Open AI is seemingly making every effort to ensure the responsible use of the API’s.</p><p id="99a2">The fact the extensive

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training is not required, and a few key words or phrases can <i>point </i>the API in the right direction, is astounding.</p><p id="a28c">There are however opensource alternatives for most of the functionality available.</p><figure id="04a8"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*mlG74R9ZBY7NQcvQ2C8dMw.png"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><h2 id="3cbc">Positives</h2><ul><li>GPT-3 has quite a bit of functionality which can serve to augment a current chatbot.</li><li>Dialog can be diversified with the NLG capability.</li><li>General chit-chat can easily be created.</li><li>Copywriting is made easy for slogans, headlines, reviews etc.</li><li>Text transformation</li><li>Text generation</li><li>Creating a general purpose bot to chat to.</li><li>With their underlying processing power and data, creating flexible Machine Learning stories should be a good fit.</li></ul><figure id="a4fc"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*mlG74R9ZBY7NQcvQ2C8dMw.png"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><h2 id="b03c">Not-so Positives</h2><ul><li>The API is cloud hosted</li><li>Cost</li><li>Social media bot content generation</li><li>Not a framework for sustainable chatbot scaling; <i>yet</i>.</li><li>Possible over and under steering with training data.</li></ul><figure id="bfc0"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*mlG74R9ZBY7NQcvQ2C8dMw.png"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><div id="9145" class="link-block"> <a href="https://cobusgreyling.me/thank-you-for-subscribing/"> <div> <div> <h2>Subscribe to my newsletter.</h2> <div><h3>NLP/NLU, Chatbots, Voice, Conversational UI/UX, CX Designer, Developer, Ubiquitous User Interfaces, Ambient…</h3></div> <div><p>cobusgreyling.me</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*sxVx6IgC_6AZXIX-)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="1141" class="link-block"> <a href="https://cobusgreyling.medium.com"> <div> <div> <h2>Cobus Greyling - Medium</h2> <div><h3>Read writing from Cobus Greyling on Medium. NLP/NLU, Chatbots, Voice, Conversational UI/UX, CX Designer, Developer…</h3></div> <div><p>cobusgreyling.medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*e6KH9V073Egac4ua)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="2e0e" class="link-block"> <a href="https://cobusgreyling.medium.com/gpt-3-conversational-ai-chatbots-3fb1cfb99942"> <div> <div> <h2>GPT-3: Conversational AI & Chatbots</h2> <div><h3>What Will The Impact Be On Chatbot Design & Development</h3></div> <div><p>cobusgreyling.medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*VKDfysUcdNJtCEQwmxSE-w.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="59bc" class="link-block"> <a href="https://openai.com/"> <div> <div> <h2>OpenAI</h2> <div><h3>OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company. Our mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits…</h3></div> <div><p>openai.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*SzqTQqBlnX8UOa8A)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="47a1" class="link-block"> <a href="https://openai.com/blog/openai-api/"> <div> <div> <h2>OpenAI API</h2> <div><h3>We're releasing an API for accessing new AI models developed by OpenAI. Unlike most AI systems which are designed for…</h3></div> <div><p>openai.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*iD7cRdNC9EDQkZQ2)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><figure id="f7c7"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*mlG74R9ZBY7NQcvQ2C8dMw.png"><figcaption></figcaption></figure></article></body>

10 Great Songs By Dire Straits

Vinyl Collection of Dire Straits’ 6 Studio Albums 1978–1991. Image source: The band’s official website.

Are you a fan of a lot of popular music from the 1970s and 1980s?

If so, what do think of acts like Eddie Money, Rod Stewart, Carly Simon, Rick Springfield, Huey Lewis and The News, and Dire Straits? Do you own much of their music other than maybe one of their “greatest hits” compilations? Do you consider any of those musicians to be among your absolute favorite acts?

If you answered “yes” to any of those questions, that’s wonderful. I’m not insulting any of the acts I mentioned above. They’re all very talented. However, I wanted to use them as examples of very popular singers and bands who are maybe slightly under-appreciated by a lot of the listening public, myself included. Singers and bands whose songs we may have loved when they were brand new releases and got played a lot on radio and MTV, but maybe we didn’t invest much of our other time or money on those acts.

And that’s fine too, of course. It’s not that we disliked those acts, but we only have so much time and money, right? Right.

One thing that makes me sad though, as a lover of a lot of the music made by the acts above, is that a lot of the popular songs from years ago by them are pretty much ignored or forgotten now by radio, satellite radio, and even the listeners who loved the songs when they were first released.

And I fall into that last group when it comes to the music of Dire Straits. I owned their self-titled debut album when it came out in 1978, but that’s the only one of their studio albums that I ever bought. As the ’70s moved into the ’80s, the band released several songs that got played a lot on the radio. I may not have been buying their records, but I was still loving most of their music when I heard it.

But I moved on from Dire Straits sometime in the late 1980s. I never stopped liking them, but I paid less attention to them as time moved forward. I’d still listen to and enjoy their songs when they came on the radio, but as time keeps passing by, I’m hearing less of their songs on the radio nowadays. They had a lot of hits, but if you hear a Dire Straits song being played on the radio now, it’s more than likely going to be on an “oldies” station and it’s going to be one of two songs: “Money For Nothing” or “Sultans Of Swing.”

I heard both of those classic songs on satellite radio at the beginning of this week. They sparked something inside of me and I suddenly had a strong desire to re-visit other songs by the band. I went to both Apple Music and Spotify and found pretty much everything that Dire Straits ever released.

This led to me spending most of my week listening to the great music of Dire Straits. I heard many of their biggest hits, but I also heard several songs which I hadn’t listened to for many years and I fell in love with them all over again.

This all led to what you’re reading write now, of course. In no order of preference, here are ten of my favorite songs by Dire Straits:

1. Down To The Waterline

“Down To The Waterline” is the opening track on Dire Straits’ self-titled debut album. The first thing that we hear on it is band leader Mark Knopfler’s great guitar playing. His wonderful, very distinctive sound would soon make him a legend. I’m listening to the song right now and I love it just as much as I did when I first heard it in the late 1970s.

2. Water Of Love

“Water Of Love” is the second song on that wonderful first album. I’ve always liked it a lot. It’s a cool, laid-back tune with a catchy chorus that gets stuck in my head after every time I listen to the song.

3. Lady Writer

“Lady Writer” is from the band’s second album, “Communique.” It’s a fun, upbeat song. Want to read something kind of nerdy from back then that turned out kind of cool in the future? When this song came out, I was 13 years old, but I already knew that I wanted to be a writer when I grew up. When Mark Knopfler sang the title of the song, the 13-year-old of version of myself fantasized about how it would be great if he fell in love with and married a “lady writer” himself someday.

And he did! Her name is Penelope Mayfield and…this is important, so I’m going to use really big letters here…

She is awesome! I love her so much!!!

And now we shall continue with normally-sized letters for the remainder of the article.

4. Romeo And Juliet

“Romeo and Juliet” is from the band’s third album, “Making Movies.” I don’t have much to say here other than that this is a lovely song that deserves to be known as one of the greatest songs Dire Straits ever recorded.

No offense to William Shakespeare, but this is my absolute favorite version of Romeo and Juliet.

5. Expresso Love

I mean, seriously, how can you not love a song that has the word “expresso” in its title? That’s correct, dear reader. You can’t.

Okay, I guess you could if the song is horrible, but this one doesn’t fit that bill. It’s a fun one and it rocks. If you don’t know it, you should check it out. Also, you may want to consider getting yourself some tasty expresso later. Or espresso. However, you want to say it or spell it. Whatever. Either way, it goes down the same way.

6. Walk Of Life

“Walk Of Life” is one of the band’s biggest hits. It came from their incredibly popular 1985 album, “Brothers In Arms.” When it was first released as a single, it got played on the radio A LOT. The music video from above was also equally popular and was in heavy rotation on MTV back then.

I’ve always loved both the song and the video. And do you see the red headband that Mark Knopfler is wearing in the video? I have one just like it! No kidding. I wear it a lot while I run and while I ride my Peloton bike.

If you want to borrow it, just give me a little notice so that I have time to wash the sweat out of it first.

7. Twisting By The Pool

“Twisting By The Pool” was originally released as a single by the band in 1983. It’s undoubtedly one of my all-time favorites by them. I remember it being very popular on the radio shortly after I got my drivers license. I used to love driving while listening to it.

WARNING: This is a song that can be very dangerous to listen to while driving! It’s just too darned fun. You may find yourself twisting while you’re supposed to be focused on paying attention to the road.

So, please be careful, okay? Avoid automobiles and all other heavy machinery while twisting.

8. Sultans Of Swing

“Sultans Of Swing” was from their debut album and it was their first hit song. It’s one of those great, rare songs that has made me happy each and every time I’ve ever heard it. I’ve always loved it and I always will.

9. Money For Nothing

“Money For Nothing” is from the “Brothers In Arms” album. It’s not only one of their best-known songs, but the music video for the song is one of the most popular music videos of all time. The computer animation in it was very groundbreaking and the video won many awards.

Most importantly, though, the video was a lot of fun to watch! My wife (Penelope Mayfield, in case you forgot) recently told me the “Money For Nothing” video was one of her favorite things to watch when she was a small child. She was only 4 years old when the song was released, but she recalls getting very excited whenever it came on MTV back then.

That information has now made me love the video more than I ever did before.

One last thing about “Money For Nothing.” The version of the song used in the music video and in the single that was popular on the radio is much shorter than the version that appeared on their “Brothers In Arms” album, which clocks in at over 8 minutes long. I’ve included that version in the Spotify playlist that’s at the end of the article. One thing that I love about the longer version of the song is that you get to hear a little bit more of special guest star Sting in it than you do hear in the shorter version.

10. Skateaway

“Skateaway” is from the band’s “Making Movies” album. It’s always been my favorite song by Dire Straits.

I don’t recall it getting much airplay on my local radio stations when it was first released, but the music video for the song was very, very popular on MTV and was in heavy rotation there for a long time.

That’s how I got to know and fall in love with the song. In addition to “Skateaway” being a great song, I’ve always felt that the music video for it is one of the greatest music videos ever. It’s very well-made. The shots in the video go perfectly with the music. To me, it’s always seemed like a little mini-movie itself, showing and telling us the story of Rollergirl.

As I’ve gotten older, I’ve grown to love the video more and more. I think this somewhat simple story of Rollergirl is quite beautiful. Throughout the video, Rollergirl is skating around with headphones on as she’s listening to music, usually while wearing a big smile on her face. It seems as if she doesn’t care at all about what’s going on around her. She has her music and it’s making her happy.

And maybe that’s why I’ve always felt such a strong connection to the song, to the video, and to Rollergirl.

I’ve always had music and it’s always made me happy.

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