Part 16/20:
- Demand and Adoption Curves: Early models like GPT-3 had low impact, while GPT-4 and ChatGPT spurred significant adoption. Future models, improved in speed and capability, could lead to ubiquitous AI assistants, automated research, and full automation of numerous tasks—transforming industries and society.
The Role of Hardware Innovation and Energy: Powering the AI Ecosystem
The conversation concludes with an exploration of raw power and energy supply:
- Power Infrastructure: Data centers are rapidly scaling, with plans for gigawatt-level capacities. Currently, they constitute only a small slice of the global power grid, but that is set to change.