Two years ago this weekend, GPT-3 was introduced to the world. ...
the technology is changing how we think about what has been considered a uniquely human activity.
And we have no idea how the AI models are doing it.
Cheaper, faster, more productive
Danny Mahoney's workmate never leaves, sleeps, or takes a break.
Day after day, the AI writing assistant churns out blog posts, reviews, company descriptions and the like for clients of Andro Media, Mr Mahoney's digital marketing company in Melbourne. ...
"You can get the same quality of content using AI tools. You just get it faster."
How much faster? About three times, he estimates.
He still has to check and edit the AI-generated text, but it's less work and he's cut his rates by half. ...
In Perth, Sebastian Marks no longer bothers with content agencies at all. ...
This week, Google's DeepMind released its most impressive AI yet, called Gato, which is designed to be good at lots of tasks. ...
"We used to say that artificial general intelligence and the replacement of humans would be like 2045," Dr Thompson says.