Introduction

I went to a PEO talk on October 24, 2023.  The speaker discussed Generative AI.  I found the talk to be very enlightening.

Below is my understanding / summary:

Summary

AI is simply pattern-matching.

An early LLM was Eliza. LLM AI has been around since, at least, 1964.

AI classifies patterns through training, then uses the classifications to predict what is next in a given sequence.

Improvement: in 1964, Weizenbaum hard-coded patterns into the Eliza program. Today, “training” creates the patterns automatically. And, the training corpus is huge (the whole internet).

AI does not have self-awareness.

AI cannot possibly “take over the world” because it does not have self-awareness.

Announcement

https://etobicoke.peo.on.ca/?page_id=305

See Also

Blogs

blog

obsidian blogs (see blogs that begin with a date 202x-xx-xx-)

Videos

videos - programming simplicity playlist

Books

leanpub’ed (disclaimer: leanpub encourages publishing books before they are finalized - these books are WIPs)
Programming Simplicity Takeaways, and, Programming Simplicity Broad Brush

Discord

Programming Simplicity all welcome, I invite more discussion of these topics, esp. regarding Drawware and 0D

Twitter

@paul_tarvydas

Mastodon

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