Well, it looks like Microsoft has just invested another multibillion-dollar sum in OpenAI, the fancy artificial intelligence lab behind the ChatGPT chatbot. According to The New York Times, the tech giant has decided to put $10 billion into OpenAI, on top of the over $3 billion it had previously invested.
We all know how deep Microsoft's pockets are. Still, it's good to see the company spending money on something other than laying off employees (10,000 positions to refocus on developing their artificial intelligence projects).
Microsoft and OpenAI are teaming up to conquer the world of generative artificial intelligence, which means they'll be developing technologies that can generate text, images, and other media in response to short prompts. And it's all about that ChatGPT, which became famous for answering questions in well-structured sentences. You know, because that's what the world needs right now - a fancy chatbot that can punctuate its sentences correctly.
If you think about it, A.I. has learned to answer sentences in a compelling way. But here's the thing. It answers uncertainty much better than precise answers. People who have reported errors are always asking it obscure facts. i.e. history questions.
So when you first interact with it, you'll be like, "Wow! ChatGPT can answer all my questions. It quickly generates very elaborated answers that are credible and coherent. Finally! A bot that behaves like a superhuman!"
Wait a minute, hold on.
Yes.
I know it's awesome. But before we get so freaking excited, let's remember ChatGPT is powered by a Large Language Model (LLM), which is ultimately a statistical tool used to predict language without understanding it. What it does is deliver "statistically plausible" answers. And having learned about 10% of the internet until 2021, lets just say it has a lot of data at its fingertips
Damn. So does this mean ChatGPT will occasionally generate incorrect answers by unintentionally stitching wrong snippets of information together?
Exactly! You got it!
ChatGPT (or the A.I.) is great when there isn't a precise "right answer." When the answer needs to be flawless for it to be reliably useful, the tool cannot be completely trusted.
All facts considered, I'm of the opinion that the real value of ChatGPT resides in offering a productivity boost. That means it can help you do the heavy lifting but human interference is and will for the foreseeable future still be needed.
But wait, there's more!
Microsoft's CEO, Satya Nadella, said this new partnership with OpenAI will bring AI infrastructure, models, and tool chains to developers and organizations across industries.
Yeah Satya, cause what we really need is more A.I. tools to help us do our jobs... Say that to your 10,000 employees now applying for jobs at TikTok. I mean, who needs job security when you have a fancy chatbot to generate your term papers? Will be cool to see when the A.I. gets weaved into Word, PowerPoint and Outlook :)
All kidding aside, this partnership is actually a big deal.
OpenAI has already developed groundbreaking technologies like GPT-3 and DALL-E, which can generate text and photorealistic images, respectively. And Microsoft has been quick to incorporate these technologies into its products, including the popular GitHub platform or search engine Bing!.
So, who knows? Maybe this partnership will lead to even more exciting developments in the field of A.I.
At least, that's what Microsoft and OpenAI hope for. They say that their goals are higher than just building a better chatbot.
Watch how ChatGPT works.
I remember reading at the end of 2022 a post about "2023 digital trends". It listed, The Metaverse, NFTs, Paid Social Media accounts, BitCoin...and absolutely nothing about A.I. generated content... But let's be real here - we know 2023 will be all about the ChatGPT-eeee!
