We are beginning to roll out new voice and image capabilities in ChatGPT
I&#x27;m in IT but nowhere near AI&#x2F;ML&#x2F;NN.<p>The speed of user-visible progress last 12 months is astonishing.<p>From my firm conviction 18 months ago that this type of stuff is 20+ years away; to these days wondering if Vernon Vinge&#x27;s technological singularity is not only possible but coming shortly. If feels some aspects of it have already hit the IT world - it&#x27;s always been an exhausting race to keep up with modern technologies, but now it seems whole paradigms and frameworks are being devised and upturned on such short scale. For large, slow corporate behemoths, barely can they devise a strategy around new technology and put a team together, by the time it&#x27;s passé .<p>(Yes, Yes: I understand generative AI &#x2F; LLMs aren&#x27;t conscious; I understand their technological limitations; I understand that ultimately they are just statistically guessing next word; but in daily world, they work so darn well for so many use cases!)