Markov Chains are the Original Language Models
Heads Up: This article is a republished (with some tweaks on spelling, grammar and layout) version of an article I wrote in my senior year of high school for my Linear Algebra class. As such, the publish date is not quite correct.
The AI Buzz is Boring Now
I've come to the conclusion that there are four stages to the current AI hype cycle in an individual person's brain, at least as it pertains to large language models. At the very least, these are the stages I went through.
Stage One: Amazement
"Wow! This is so cool! I can converse with a computer just like a real person!"
This is where all the science fiction fantasies come to fruition. The possibilities seem endless. We can all kick back and relax now, right?
Stage Two: Frustration
"Hmm... This isn't as effective as I originally thought."
It seems like the brand-new technology is really only applicable to the kinds of work no one wants to do anyway. What it is able to do doesn't provide too much value to you. It gets information and logic wrong often enough that it cannot be trusted for just about anything.
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