If you don’t believe the rapid progress in AI development, take a look at GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 in the graph above. The two models were released just under a year apart, but the training compute increased by almost 10x.
Today’s AI models are certainly more than just fancy calculators — they’re pure inference engines (more on that later). Think of them as Prometheus, offering humanity boundless creativity and problem-solving abilities.
By using generative AI, mere mortals turn into instant geniuses. Picture having a window into all of humanity’s knowledge in your hand. Well actually, there’s no need — it’s happening right now.
The impact is already cutting through industries. More than half of US businesses have started using generative AI in some way4 — PwC, for instance, has invested a billion dollars in training 65,000 US employees on integrating GPT-4.