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USA Population vs Personal Consumption Expenditures

USA: An Overconsumer

Despite comprising just 4.3% of the global population, the U.S. accounts for a staggering 32% of worldwide personal consumption. This statistic highlights the significant economic weight of American consumers, who drive demand both at home and abroad. However, it also underscores a profound social responsibility: as a dominant force in global consumption, U.S. consumers have the power to influence market trends, sustainability practices, and social equity. The choices made by American shoppers not only shape the economy but also have far-reaching implications for the planet and future generations.

Source: International Monetary Fund; United Nations as of December 2023.

USA Population vs Personal Consumption Expenditures

Assistance of ChatGPT and Gemini (2024, Aug) with prompts by E. Hall. 

Generative AI Tools in 2024 (3 of n) Special Purpose AI Tools

Pushing the Boundaries: Can Your Free GenAI Rise to the Challenge?

We all love our go-to GenAI tools, but have you ever wondered just how far you can push their capabilities? In this upcoming blog post, we’ll take a popular free GenAI and try something it might not be designed for – think building complex tables, drawing intricate flowcharts, crafting web pages or programs, or generating stunning graphic images. Can it pull it off, even without those fancy paid features? Get ready for some unexpected results when you try this, and see if your free GenAI can surprise you!

Graphic produced by Mermaid AI based on results from Gemini Advanced; Background Image by DALL-E (2024, Aug.). Prompts and modifications by E. Hall.

Generative AI Tools in 2024 (2 of n)

GenAI Engines with Starting Price and Access. Sorted by most used.

GenAI EngineFree?Monthly Charge StartLive DataWeb/App?
ChatGPTYes$0.002 for 1K …NoBoth
GPT-4 (ChatGPT 4o)Yes+/-$20/monthNoBoth
ClaudeYes$20/month for ProYesBoth
GeminiYes$20/month AdvancedYesBoth
MS CopilotNo+/-$30/month (w/annual)YesBoth
PerplexityYes$20/month for ProYesBoth
Lumen5Yes$19/month for BasicNoWeb
SoundrawYes$16.99/month PersonalNoWeb
KeywordInsights.aiNo$46/month for BasicNoWeb
ChatFlashNo€30/month StandardNoWeb
Prompts by E. Hall (2024, Aug.) using Perplexity.ai.

This table provides a concise overview of the features, pricing, and availability of these Generative AI engines, sorted by their usage.

Generative AI Tools: The Big Players in 2024 (1 of n)

Q: Create a graphic about GenAI tools in general. I’m doing a table of the big ones and blogging about it.

ChatGPT (2024, Aug.) said:

To create a graphic about GenAI (Generative AI) tools, we can highlight some of the major categories and tools, while keeping the design visually appealing for a blog. Here’s a conceptual outline of what the graphic could include:

Title for Graphic: “Generative AI Tools: The Big Players in 2024”

New Workbooks: Unleash the Power of Rapid Strategic Planning

Are you ready to revolutionize your strategic planning approach? We’re thrilled to announce the release of two groundbreaking workbooks: “Perpetual Innovation™: Rapid Strategic Planning and Regenerative AI” and “Perpetual Innovation™: Workshop-Workbook for Rapid Strategic Planning and Regenerative AI”. For a limited time, you can get the Kindle versions of both workbooks for just $2.99 each and $8 off printed editions.

Why These Workbooks Are Game-Changers:

Tribute to all Innovation that Created GenAI

Knowledge from the Past into the future.

In the process of creating the special acknowledgement for all the innovation throughout history that resulted in AI, GenAI more specifically… I was lured to getting my fav GenAIs to work on the case. WoW! 

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The Future of IP with AI?

These are the GenAI prompts used to gather information about intellectual property (IP) and the world of artificial intelligence (AI), i.e., IP+AI.  This is part of our Regenerative AI project; recreate as needed, when needed, with the GenAI engines available to you at that time. Select results from various Generative AI engines (ChatGPT 4.0, Gemini, Claude, Copilot).  Look at writing and analysis of Human + Artificial Intelligence by Hall and (Hall & Lentz, 2024) over at ScenarioPlans.com (alias to DelphiPlan.com). 

You the reader/user can recreate the prompts as needed, when needed, with the GenAI engines available to you at that time. Note that a couple prompts are included with multiple GenAI engines for comparison.

These are the prompts used to gather information about homelessness and to develop a Delphi Method study to research causes and possible interventions (locally).  This is part of our Regenerative AI project; recreate as needed, when needed, with the GenAI engines available to you at that time. (Reprinted with permission from authors at NonprofitPlan.org and some adaptation here.)

Select GenAI results as of April 2024 of Delphi Research on Homelessness (from ChatGPT 4.0, Gemini, Claude, and Copilot) are available in this pdf document.

Earth Day, Drawdown, and GenAI

Graphic of Categories to Help Reduce Human Impact on Planet. (ChatGPT 4.0 (DALL-E). Prompt by E Hall, 2024, April 22)

What does GenAI have to say about the scientific-based solutions promoted by Project Drawdown? ProjectDrawdown.org

<This Article is modified and reproduced from SustainZine.com, with permission. The discussion related to scenario planning is added here.>

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