What AI Actually Changed in the Tech Industry — and What It Didn't
The survey is the easy part. Having a point of view is the hard part.
Dec 30, 20244 min read88

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Artificial Intelligence is reshaping our world, but how does it actually work? In this series, we’ll break down AI and Machine Learning fundamentals, explore cutting-edge advancements, and apply practical techniques to real-world problems.
The survey is the easy part. Having a point of view is the hard part.

The titles are half marketing. The difference underneath them is real.

We built 'narrow AI' that's unsettlingly general, and the definitions never caught up.

It's a next-token predictor. That sentence explains more than it has any right to.

Training gets the headlines. Inference gets the bill.

Almost everything modern AI does with language starts with one simple trick.
