The Tantalizing Promise of Generative AI: The Integration of Everything

The promise of new large-scale systems and multi-disciplinary innovations powered by Generative AI is founded on its potential for unprecedented knowledge integration. How would it positively impact our world? Like many of us, I have been trying out chatGPT and its ilk; been listening to the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBdZi_JtV4c&pp=ygUYbm9hbSBjaG9tc2t5IGdhcnkgbWFyY3Vz" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">implications of Generative AI</a> (“GenAI”) from pundits — in startups to large corporations, academia, neuroscientists, and linguists. While chatGPT’s failures in answering questions and <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/14/microsoft-bing-ai-made-several-errors-in-launch-demo-last-week-.html" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">hallucinations</a> have been spectacular as documented, I have been impressed by the answers it does get right. <blockquote> In those answers lie its potential — the promise of what it could be when GenAI or its successors get things right; the promise of AI-powered large scale integration of everything — of information, services, products, industries, and more. </blockquote> But first, an excerpt from my q&a with chatGPT. <h1>A Question and its Answer</h1> I asked chatGPT to find the ties across three domains — neuroscience, behavioral economics, and public policy. The answer matched my own realization after 50-hours of coursework and research in these fields and more reflection afterwards! <a href="https://medium.com/cerebrus/the-tantalizing-promise-of-generative-ai-the-integration-of-everything-c288b2bba35d">Website</a>