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Another week comes to an end. Welcome to Sunday!
We’re gonna look at the history of AI, and learn about China’s big bet on AI!
Here is what you need to know about AI today!
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Let’s take a little look back on how AI as we know and love it came to be.
Enjoy this look back on how it all got started through to where we are today!
Humble beginnings
A group of visionaries at Dartmouth College in 1956 seriously discussed machines mimicking human intelligence.
This meeting is now seen as the birth of artificial intelligence.
Yet, it wasn't until a decade later, in 1966, that John McCarthy would christen this field "artificial intelligence" because, let's face it, "computers mimicking human brains" just didn’t roll of the tongue.
ChatGPT’s ancestor
Around 1966, MIT rolled out ELIZA, the first-ever chatbot.
Back then, a computer just saying "Hello" was groundbreaking.
ELIZA… not that far from ChatGPT!
The 70s and 80s were all about AI being applied in new fields. Stanford's MYCIN played doctor, diagnosing bacterial infections, while Carnegie Mellon taught cars to drive themselves - move over Elon.
Chess lights the way
In the '90s, IBM's Deep Blue beat chess champion Garry Kasparov, sending shockwaves around the world.
The idea of a computer being competent in Chess was envisioned in the epic 2001: A Space Odyssey from 1968 - it looked like we were seeing the future unfold!
Jump to 2011, and IBM's Watson takes the Jeopardy! crown, showing AI can master any game.
2010 and onwards
The 2010s were all about deep learning.
This was AI on steroids, suddenly able to recognise faces, understand speech, and even dream up new art. The AI we know and love.
GPT-2 came along in 2019, followed by GPT-3 in 2020. Suddenly, chatting with AI became as normal as scrolling through social media.
Fast-forward to 2023, and in comes GPT-4! The most advanced model we’ve ever seen, capable of advanced reasoning.
From Coding Cogs.
What does the future hold? I get the impression we’re only just beginning.
OUR VIEW:
Are we going to see a “Moore’s Law” of AI - that is, will AI double in competence every 18 months?
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Can Baidu turn it around with AI?(article below) |
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“What are the odds of AI wiping out humanity?”
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Our Reader’s Thoughts
“Humanity is intelligent enough to create AI but too stupid to control it” - grafpromotion
“If AI learns to value life, then maybe it will just cull the population rather than wipe it out.” - Jim
“There’s higher odds, that humanity will wipe out itself without AGI, than with AGI. Humans are the biggest threat to humanity and having another intelligently in the decision loop will decrease the likelihood of our demise.” - tfp3consulting
🤔 AI IMAGE OR REAL? - THE RESULTS
Yesterday we asked you to vote on an image and guess whether it was a real photo or an AI-generated image.
This looks amazing, right?
55% said AI
45% said Real
The restaurant was…
AI!
Well done if you got it this week!
💡AI-NSPIRATIONAL QUOTE
In the story of your life, you are both the author and the protagonist; make it a tale of courage, kindness, and unwavering belief in yourself.
Baidu, one of China’s biggest companies, is betting big on AI. Formally one of major tech giants of China, Baidu has struggled under current leadership.
Their founder, Robin Li, gave a series of speeches telling other companies to stop building AI models, and instead work together with them.
As the company struggles, it is betting on AI to help propel it back to its former heights.
Can AI make Baidu great again?
Baidu was once known as the “B” in BAT, besides Alibaba and Tencent, China’s major tech companies. But look at how revenues compare now:
Baidu’s ERNIE model is China’s answer to ChatGPT - their latest model significantly outperformed GPT 3.5, but still lags behind GPT-4.
Will Baidu turn their luck around with AI, or is one of China’s tech titans about to tumble?
OUR VIEW:
ERNIE could save Baidu - it’s the most complete AI model China has yet produced.
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