11 Applying Generative AI patterns
This chapter covers
- Summarizing lengthy content
- Translating text from one language to another
- Analyzing sentiment
You may have heard of Walt Disney Imagineering. This incredibly skilled group of individuals have, for decades, been behind the magic that goes into Disney theme parks and experiences. But what you may not know is that not all imagineers started in that role.
Walt Disney was known to assign tasks to people who didn’t have the background or skills to accomplish those tasks. Rolly Crump started as an animator, but was tapped by Walt to create ride experiences including "it’s a small world" and the Haunted Mansion. Claude Coates started out as a background painter for animated films, but went on to design ride vehicles for Pirates of the Caribbean and Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride. If you’ve ever ridden Haunted Mansion or Pirates of the Caribbean and found yourself humming the songs heard in those attractions, know that they were composed by X. Atencio who started as an animator on films like Fantasia and Pinocchio. Even Tony Baxter, a more recent imagineer started work scooping ice cream at Disneyland before eventually designing Big Thunder Mountain, Splash Mountain, and Star Tours.
Sometimes people are capable of incredible things that their background wouldn’t suggest that they’re be any good at.