Episode 1: Generative AI - past, present and future (19 minutes)
Description
The first episode of the Gen AI podcast series features Vasileios Galanos, a teaching fellow at the Science, Technology and Innovations Department, The University of Edinburgh. Vasileios shares interesting insights into word origins, history of Generative AI, the hype of GPTs and the implications and what future holds for this technology.
Timestamps:
(2:11 ) - What distinguishes generative AI and GPTs in particular from previously existing A.I. technologies?
(6:22 ) - What are the effects and the implications of hype for the use of this technology?
(10:01 ) - What actually is a GPT and what are the current uses of this technology apart from literally generating text, where can we see this technology?
(14:27 ) - How can we expect these technologies to develop and evolve in the future? Where can we see this going?