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# A Brief History of AI Innovation
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- **AI Innovations and Developments (2022-23):**
- Generative AI: Creates various content types (audio, images, etc.)
- Foundation Models: Adaptable to many tasks, costly to build
- Unexplainable AI: Emergent intelligence in large models, not fully understood
- AI's Capabilities: Surpasses 90% human efficiency in many tasks, can ace exams like SAT, GRE, US Bar
- Concerns: Learning speed, knowledge extent, inter-model learning
- **Historical AI Milestones:**
- IBM DeepBlue (1997): Chess-playing AI, defeated Garry Kasparov
- DeepMind AlphaGo (2016): Go-playing AI, beat Lee Sedol
- DeepMind AlphaZero (2017): Can play Chess, Shogi, Go without human play data
- Voice Assistants (Siri, Alexa, Google Assistant): Understand and respond to voice commands
- Visual Recognition AI: Object identification and categorization in various contexts
- Facial Recognition: Uses deep learning for accurate identification
- **Recent AI Innovations:**
- Image Generation (Dall-E, Midjourney, etc.): Creates images from text
- Deepfakes: Generates synthetic media, often altering human faces
- Autonomous Vehicles (Tesla Autopilot, Waymo One): Uses deep learning for driving
- Salesforce AI Economist (2020): Learns dynamic tax policies
- Drug Discovery AI (MIT Halicin, 2019): Identifies potential drugs
- Protein Folding (AlphaFold, 2020): Predicts protein structures
- **Latest AI Applications (2023):**
- AI Chatbots (ChatGPT, Google Bard): Intelligent text-based interactions
- GitHub Copilot (2022): AI coding assistant
- AI in Design (Ikea + Space10): Generates futuristic furniture designs
- AI Brewing (Beck’s Autonomous, ABInBev): Machine-created beer recipe
### AI CEO Experiment - Aisthetic Apparel (2023)
- Source: [YourStory](https://yourstory.com/2023/04/chatgpt-ai-ceo-profitable-startup-aisthetic-apparel)
- AI acted as CEO for Aisthetic Apparel.
- Tasks:
- Created company's name and logo.
- Generated t-shirt designs.
- Composed image descriptions.
- Formulated a 10-point business plan.
- Key Strategies:
- Launched an online store.
- Partnered with Printful for printing.
- Funding:
- Raised $2,500 for a 25% company stake.
- Initial investment: $1,000.
- Financials:
- 5 days: €10,000+ revenue.
- Costs: €4,000.
- Profit: €7,000.
### AI Progress and Future
- Sources: [Our World in Data](https://ourworldindata.org/artificial-intelligence)
- Non-Linear Progress:
- Recent years marked a significant capability increase in AI.
- AI surpasses human abilities in several domains.
- Expectation of continued capability growth.
- Predictions:
- Forecasting future developments in AI is challenging.
- The next 100 years anticipated to be transformative.
### AI, Humanity, and Society
- Source: "The Age of AI" by Kissinger, Schmidt, Huttenlocher
- AI and Human Logic:
- AI challenges traditional human logic and rationality.
- Poses questions about human-exclusive forms of reasoning.
- AI and Knowledge:
- AI's role in expanding or obscuring human knowledge.
- Impact on politics, society, and information authenticity.
- AI and Human Identity:
- AI's evolution influencing human perception and culture.
- Questions about AI's impact on human history and identity.
### Human-Machine Partnership
- Emerging partnership dynamics:
- Humans define problems/goals.
- Machines find optimal processes beyond human reach.
- Humans then study and incorporate machine-discovered processes.
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##### Source
* Chadra, Praphul. (2024, January). _GPTs, Foundation Models Under the Hood & Intuition_ [Course presentation]. DBA Emerging Technologies, Golden Gate University. [cdn.upgrad.com/uploads/production/8d986d86-67e9-4b56-8db0-83b83005e24e/1_ABriefHistoryOfAIInnovations.pdf](https://cdn.upgrad.com/uploads/production/8d986d86-67e9-4b56-8db0-83b83005e24e/1_ABriefHistoryOfAIInnovations.pdf)