This Is Our “17 Seconds” Newsletter #135: 17 Seconds = Useful Info Quickly.
With the exponential growth of Artificial Intelligence in the past couple of years, it’s no surprise that it’s beginning to creep into how people do business in the corporate world and beyond. At Clocktower, we’ve started experimenting with ways to put AI to use, and I’d like to briefly explain one way I’ve been leveraging it as an intern here.
I was tasked with using the AI headshot service, HeadshotPro (http://www.headshotpro.com/), to generate professional-grade portraits for everyone at Clocktower. It may seem like a small way of using AI, but just like anything else, you have to start somewhere.
In my experience with HeadshotPro, I found the interface intuitive and user-friendly. The platform lets you invite all members of your company to join a “photoshoot,” where each person uploads 15 photos of themselves. From those, the AI generates roughly 80 to 100 headshots. Honestly, the hardest part wasn’t picking backgrounds or clothing–it was digging up 15 usable photos of myself. The quick solution was just snapping 15 selfies on the spot, since the AI doesn’t really care where the photos come from.
Once submitted, HeadshotPro takes about 2 hours to process each set of images. The results vary a lot in quality–from solid “Keepers” to outright “Duds”–and it’s up to the user to decide what makes the cut. In some cases, the AI even made me look like a distant cousin I’ve never met.
All that aside, to wrap up this 17 Seconds newsletter, we’d like to share the results from our HeadshotPro trial. Below you’ll find the “Keepers” and “Duds” for each of us at Clocktower: Erik, Mary, Mike, and myself.
Hope you enjoyed this month’s newsletter!
Keepers: Duds:
ABOUT MARK MAGYAR: Mark Magyar grew up and lives in Acton, Massachusetts. Mark is currently in the process of transferring from the University of Rochester to another university due to unforeseen circumstances. In his 2 year tenure at UR, he pursued a Bachelor’s degree in Economics with a minor in Political Science. At the University of Rochester, Mark competed collegiately on the Track and Field team at the D3 level. He specialized in sprinting/hurdling, competing in the 60m hurdles, 110m hurdles, and 400m hurdles. While Mark takes the semester off, he is looking for potential job opportunities to help aid his career. After university, Mark plans on attending law school to become a lawyer specializing in competition law. His internship at Clocktower serves as his first real opportunity to take what he has learned in university and apply it to his career. Outside the work environment, Mark enjoys reading, spending time with friends and family, and staying active by training for track.
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