Yeah, but not they way you see it. I just see a bunch of people who don't understand what a language model is who actually think AGI is around the corner, which is hilariously unhinged.

I keep having to talk my friends down and remind them that ChatGPT is novel and impressive, but that "AI" is a marketing term and this isn't some sort of sci-fi future where we're approaching the singularity. I still find the idea compelling, but I'm still not convinced that it'll happen in my lifetime.

It's the same kind of delirium people got into about Cryptocurrency. A decade ago people buying the hype were convinced that the whole financial world was going to fall and that Bitcoin would become the new gold. Instead we got a hyper-volitile stock market alternative that is indistinguishable from gambling, and monkey JPEGs. Some people got rich, sure, but all of the naysayers are vindicated because it's clearly not turning the financial world on its head, it just offered a new way to profit off of foolish people.

Powerful neutral networks are going to change a lot of how things are done, sure, but I think the smartest thing to do right now is calm down and learn how this works instead of getting blinded by the novelty of a chat bot that can speak English and reference articles it's been fed...