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

Yes, computer scientists have been working on AI since computers have existed. My impression is that the big factor that eventually led to all the current success was when scientists began to borrow ideas from how our brains work… and created “neural networks “. Is that right?