Artificial intelligence is no longer a strange existence in our lives. The emergence of ChatGPT has made people more deeply aware of the advantages of artificial intelligence. In the future, the emergence of artificial intelligence will only increase, perhaps bringing the most terrible events in our human history. However, how should we view the emergence of artificial intelligence when all this has just begun?
Artificial intelligence is no longer a strange existence in our lives. The emergence of ChatGPT has made people more deeply aware of the advantages of artificial intelligence. In the future, the emergence of artificial intelligence will only increase, perhaps bringing the most terrible events in our human history. However, how should we view the emergence of artificial intelligence when all this has just begun?
Go back to November 2022, and you will see that the technology industry is being hit by unprecedented large-scale layoffs and cost-cutting measures, which have caused a large number of technology practitioners to lose their jobs and eclipsed the Silicon Valley myth.
At the same time, higher interest rates have almost evaporated the funds of start-ups, and a cloud of uncertainty has shrouded the technology industry, which has led some people to compare it to the bursting of the Internet bubble more than 20 years ago.
On November 30, a startup called OpenAI released an experimental chatbot called ChatGPT. It seems that overnight, generative artificial intelligence technology has taken the world by storm. It can have humane conversations, draft emails and write articles, and respond to complex search queries with concise output, which has amazed the public.
In just two months, ChatGPT became the fastest-growing consumer app in history, reaching 100 million monthly active users in January. It spurred an AI arms race among tech companies, boosted the bruised tech industry, and sparked a bidding war for top AI talent.
A year later, enthusiasm for AI remains at a fever pitch. Tech giants have invested tens of billions of dollars in the technology, and countries are stockpiling the chips needed for AI development. The promise and pitfalls of generative AI are still being hotly debated in conference rooms and dinner tables around the world, and frequently making headlines.
“It wasn’t until ChatGPT was put into people’s hands and could be used at scale that the world woke up to the AI revolution and what was happening,” said Jeff Clune, a computer science professor at Columbia University.
Clune noted that ChatGPT has made life easier for millions of people in small and unique ways. But he added that the tool’s potential technology’s full impact on society has not even begun to peak.
“Many people mistakenly focus on the seemingly magical capabilities of AI right now, without properly seeing that the rate of improvement — which continues to evolve exponentially — continues to evolve over time. What AI can do now is just the beginning.”