Eli5: How did we go from zero ai, to one company with an ai that holds a conversation, and then seemingly immediately on to multiple companies with ai that makes music, photos, and movies in such a short period of time?

Question

For real. One day there’s nothing. Then chat gpt shows up. And then the next day ai can create ANYTHING and there are a whole bunch of companies with software.

In: Technology

Answer 1

At first, we had basic tools, and then someone came up with a fancy, versatile tool, like a Swiss Army knife, that could do a lot of things. That’s kind of like ChatGPT — it showed what AI could do in terms of conversation. Then, people realized, “Hey, if we can make an AI that talks, maybe we can teach it to do other stuff too!” So, they started tweaking and improving the technology. Just like you can add attachments to that Swiss Army knife to make it even more useful, developers added new capabilities to AI.  Now, about making music, photos, and movies — imagine you taught that Swiss Army knife to also paint, take pictures, and play music. It would become a super versatile tool. That’s what happened with AI. Once developers figured out the basics with conversation, they started adding more “attachments” or capabilities to make AI more versatile and creative.