The term “artificial intelligence” (AI) was coined by the Irish-American computer scientist John McCarthy almost 70 years ago.
But it took about 25 years for the primarily academic discipline to become a useful service in industry.
Deep learning and big data were important developments that became buzzwords along the way, but they were only relevant to large companies and governments.
It was the emergence of large language models (LLM) in the last decade that brought AI to the tipping point of today.
These LLMs, the technology behind services like ChatGPT, are core to AI’s ability to generate human-like text or feedback in various languages.
Nothing like this existed in the past and since its release 18 months ago, ChatGPT has captured the imagination of the business community and the public.
The basic version of ChatGPT, available for free, can quickly draft emails, write press releases, and generate reports and computer code based on the prompts it receives.
For example, businesses …