up:: [[Artificial Intelligence (AI)]] tags:: #on/AI # A Brief History of AI Innovation Here's a condensed summary of the provided text in bullet points: - **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. ### Quick Tip - For image customization, use "Replace Image" feature. ##### 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)