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4 May 2023

How GPT Mania Could Harm AI Innovation

Bhaskar Chakravorti

Since OpenAI released its artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT in November, GPT mania has reached dizzying heights. It has accelerated public awareness about AI in ways that few would have thought possible even a year ago. Its adeptness at cracking the LSAT exam or writing legal briefs in sonnet form may not impress poets, but it has caught tech experts by surprise. It has led to a chatbot dogfight between digital tortoises, such as Microsoft and Google, not given to dogfights. It has made unlikely bedfellows out of the likes of Elon Musk, Yuval Noah Harari, and Steve Wozniak, who issued a call for a six-month timeout on the training of larger, even more advanced GPT models.

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