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

AI is a tool. When you use a tool to make more tools, research and development become faster and better resulting to better AI tools.

This also explains why people are concerned about AI development. If it develops beyond our control and it becomes self sufficient, it CAN result to human extinction.