🌎 This week's brainfood: Moving beyond productivity, the rise of AI consciousness, & Pokemon Go

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Brain food 🍎 

✧ Are today’s productivity tools failing us?
Modern productivity tools, designed to help us accomplish more tasks faster, often neglect to foster creativity and inspiration. This article argues that true productivity isn’t just about efficiency—it’s about creating meaningful, impactful work. What if your next task tool could not only help you stay focused, but also serve as a source of inspiration, too?

✧ The ethics of sentient machines: What is next?
As the potential for AI consciousness looms, researchers like Kyle Fish are delving into the moral implications and welfare of sentient AI. The tech world is preparing for complex ethical challenges as this technology evolves.

✧ Pokemon Go’s unexpected role in shaping the future of AI navigation
Pokémon Go has grown beyond just a game and is now an important resource for AI innovation. Using data from player-generated scans, Niantic aims to develop and improve geospatial AI models, which will help to create more precise maps of our real-world environments.

Create your own custom Emojis 🤩

Explore the possibilities with Emojify, our new app that lets you turn your images and text into custom emojis. Whether it’s a selfie or your favorite snapshot of your pets, create a unique emoji collection that’s just for you—in moments.

Productivity toolbox 🧰

✧ Inclusive Colors
This intuitive color palette editor allows you to customize entire swatches effortlessly, address WCAG contrast issues in moments, and export designs seamlessly to Tailwind, Figma, and Adobe tools.

✧ FlowScraper
Streamline web automation and data extraction without coding. FlowScraper's intuitive flow builder and adaptable AI actions make the process simple, efficient, and highly flexible.

✧ Shop with Perplexity AI
Perplexity now offers a shopping feature for Pro users in the US, combining product research and purchasing into a seamless experience.

What you loved this week ❤️ 

• downtown

• cozy desk work with me

• morning glow at coworking space

• my desk at dawn 

See you on Sunday 🥰 

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have a happy week,
rorrie 🌱 & devin 🌎