Archive: September 2023
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Emergent behaviour and the boom of AI
How a simple concept gave rise to so much more
This year has witnessed a significant transformation in the world, all thanks to a singular technological advancement: improved text prediction.
It is not a joke nor an exaggeration. The blossoming of AI that we’ve seen can be traced back to OpenAI’s text completion model, GPT. It is not the first, nor the last, nor the best, but it made itself available to everyone in a way that allowed people to build over it. Applications quickly proliferated, finding new uses and capabilities that were previously unimaginable.
How is this possible?
It all stems from a concept known as “emergent behaviour.”