1 Large language models: The power of AI

This chapter covers

  • Introducing large language models
  • Understanding the intuition behind transformers
  • Exploring the applications, limitations, and risks of large language models
  • Surveying breakthrough large language models for dialogue

On November 30, 2022, San Francisco–based company OpenAI tweeted, “Try talking with ChatGPT, our new AI system which is optimized for dialogue. Your feedback will help us improve it” [1]. ChatGPT, a chatbot that interacts with users through a web interface, was described as a minor update to the existing models that OpenAI had already released and made available through APIs. But with the release of the web app, anyone could have conversations with ChatGPT, ask it to write ...

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