Michael Wu, an AI strategist, gave a lecture at the UC Berkeley Extension on “The Future Of AI”. Here are my extensive meeting notes on his superb lecture. Introduction In recent years, large language models like GPT-3 have rapidly advanced artificial intelligence capabilities. But how exactly do these mysterious “black…

I processed the two hour long transcript, so you don’t have to watch the whole video to get the good stuff. Here are my extensive meeting notes and assessment of this discussion. In this document you will find: Executive Summary …

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In the past four years, AI has undergone a phase change, according to the Economist magazine. Phase changes are transitions between completely different states, like when water changes from ice to liquid to vapor. …

The answer is there. All you have to do is ask the right questions. Have you ever wondered what that question is? I always thought the question was more important than the answer. Answers are easy. They are end results. But they’re always dead ends. Here’s what I think, given…

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Machine learning, commonly referred to as artificial intelligence, has been going through a phase change. A phase change is, for example, when water moves from ice to liquid or liquid to gas, it undergoes a fundamental shift in its organization. This change is rapid and utterly different. At 32 degrees…

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