The article highlights the journey of OpenAI's CEO and the pivotal contributions of engineer Alec Radford, who experimented with the transformer neural network. By training a model on thousands of unpublished books, Radford initiated the development of generative text AI, culminating in ChatGPT's launch in 2022. This technology allows users to engage in nuanced language interactions, raising awareness of the influence of AI patterns on human thoughts in writing. As fears grow about AI's implications, Radford's early work illustrates the blend of creativity and algorithm in modern communication.
"Radford hadn't given it rules of grammar or a copy of Strunk and White. He had simply fed it stories...the machine appeared to learn how to write on its own."
"When I'm drafting an e-mail...I've become newly aware of which of my thoughts diverge from the pattern and which conform to it."
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