[CG] So what can AI really do for you?

Since my previous note was very positive about LLMs, I'll follow it with a warning. See below. Summary: LLMs and related technology are very good for what they do. But beware of the hype. They most definitely do not achieve "human level intelligence", Their only intelligence comes from finding and combining what some humans had already done -- good, bad, indifferent, or disastrous. Without evaluation, you never know. John _________________ Did artificial intelligence begin to plateau in 2024, following a boom year in 2023? It depends on who you ask. Some say AI models that were released this year and can apparently reason more effectively than their predecessors show that the lofty goal of artificial general intelligence (AGI) is still on track, but not everyone is convinced. Certainly, tech firms have continued to talk up the hype. When it launched GPT-4 in 2023, OpenAI boasted that the model had “human-level” performance on professional tests… www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435210-600-the-shine-began-to-wear-off-ai-…