It is fair to say that artificial intelligence, particularly large language models, is changing the world in a way that very few people could have predicted at the start of the decade.
Ironically, the concept of AI and how it works today has long been a goal. Since the invention of the first personal computer in 1971, people have dreamed of intelligent machines that can assist as effectively as a human personal assistant. Countless science fiction films have depicted computers that can talk like humans and have access to a wealth of knowledge.
So, we've come a long way since Microsoft introduced Clippy, the rather dim but endearing animated paper clip in Word.
While big tech has been spending billions and trillions on data centres, development and integrating AI into virtually every tool and operating system, people are now asking: what is it actually for?
While we have moved beyond the Wild West era of artificial intelligence and are witnessing the first attempts at regulating it, people and companies still have vastly different approaches to using AI. Some embrace it wholeheartedly (yes, we can see your AI-generated posters), while others take a more moderate approach, with some even being against using AI at all.
Born in 1993, I grew up in an analogue world, watching films on VHS and recording my favourite music on tapes, waiting for hours in front of the radio just to catch that one song I wanted to record. This makes me seem anti-technology. This is not the case.
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