Chapter 8

Getting Comfortable with Generative AI

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Recognizing the significance of generative AI technology

Bullet Knowing the basics of generative AI architecture

Bullet Exploring generative AI applications in science and business

Bullet Watching out for consequences of using generative AI

Generative AI was introduced to the world on November 30th, 2022, when the organization OpenAI made ChatGPT accessible to the general public. ChatGPT became the fastest growing application in history: It quickly reached 100 million active monthly users by the end of January 2023. Fast forward to the end of 2023, and OpenAI briefly stopped new users from signing up for the premium (paid) version of the AI engine because it didn’t have enough servers and computing power to meet consumer demand.

Generative AI refers to a subset of artificial intelligence (AI) that focuses on creating new content, ranging from text and images to music and code. At the core of generative AI are machine learning models, particularly those that are based on deep learning techniques and trained on extremely large data sets. ...

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