In this episode, we nerd about about all things genAI — a year in review:

• We give a recap of genAI’s impact this year, and highlight a few areas of impact


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  • Economy and the markets
  
  
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    • “Generative AI, the broader tech category ChatGPT falls under, has been projected to add up to $4.4 trillion in value to the global economy per year thanks to productivity boosts.”
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Re-skilling as a job, and the new roles sprouting up this year
  
  
  
  


• We dive into Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF), and how central this concept has been for the major LLM players.


• The team discusses some of the “wins” of the year, while also some “fails”


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  • In the win corner:
  
  
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    • Major updates and breakthroughs
    
    
    • chatGPT passes almost every professional test
    
    
    • impact to the economy
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • In the fail corner:
  
  
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    • Bing Chatbot's other personality, Sydney.
    
    
    • Work Disruptions and hallucinations
    
    
    • Concerns about the technology were a central focal point of the writers and actors strikes.
    
    
    • The arms race to build the data centers that power AI models is sucking up scarce water resources.
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• The team also discuss some interesting developments in AI


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  • What the top players did right; in-depth takes about OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Meta, Apple, Midjourney, Adobe, and more.
  
  
  • Other than LLMs, some of the other model types to keep an eye on: Vision, Audio, and hardware
  
  
  • Multimodality is mentioned as a huge aspect and the hosts predict its growth in the coming year.
  
  
  • Auto GPT and using agents to complete tasks is a fascinating possibility.
  
  
  • How hardware and new interfaces will be critical to the success of AI
  
  
  
  


• At the end of the episode, the team speed runs through some “hot takes” of what is to come. Wait until you listen to Kyle’s thoughts.


• Resources


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  • ChatGPT: A Year in Review
  
  
  • State of AI in 2023
  
  
  • $4.4 trillion in Value to Global Economy
  
  
  • OpenAI's ChatGPT turns one year old; what it did (and didn't do)
  
  
  • ChatGPT continues to be one of the fastest-growing services ever
  
  
  • A link to all of the tests chatGPT completed— HERE