Demand for AI "Surging"

[dsc]

[...]The problem was computers were just not powerful enough, training data plentiful enough - although the techniques and algorithms needed to develop too, the basic "back propagation" algorithm is still the same as it was back then. Once computers and data got over a certain level, whoosh the whole thing can take off and NOW is the time for AI.[...]

But there wasn't any major computer advancements in the last 2-3 years which really benefited AI, or was there? It just seems like someone somewhere did some algorithm improvements, chatGPT was made available to the larger public and then things started rolling (I'm oversimplifying things of course).

[Fraidycat]

But there wasn't any major computer advancements in the last 2-3 years which really benefited AI, or was there? It just seems like someone somewhere did some algorithm improvements, chatGPT was made available to the larger public and then things started rolling (I'm oversimplifying things of course).

Transformers algos were discovered in 2017 by Google researchers.
Between 2017 and 2022 GPUs got about 10x faster.

[sadkingbilly]

Transformers algos were discovered in 2017 by Google researchers.
Between 2017 and 2022 GPUs got about 10x faster.

discovered? like fossils? or atomic particles?
really?
wow.
who knew?

[Fraidycat]

discovered? like fossils? or atomic particles?
really?
wow.
who knew?

Thats an interesting and topic.

Is mathematics invented or discovered?

Pythagorus Theorem sounds more like a discovery rather that an invention.

The algorithm for doing column addition, was that invented or discovered?, a bit more grey.