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

We did not. Since everyone has provided the answer already I’ll just add that this applies to a lot more than AI – just because it’s only discussed in the mainstream media today doesn’t mean it hasn’t existed or developed until that day.

For example: lab grown meat – there has been a lot of work on getting production of it cheaper and on a bigger scale. Sometimes it makes the news every other year. One day there will be a breakthrough and you’ll have a bunch of companies trying to catch up to that market by utilizing the technology, and suddenly, it’s big news. But in actuality 10 years ago this was already being worked on and the technology developed since then makes it easier for everyone to mimic the formula so to speak. And when you have a lot more attention and money on something then development becomes faster.