Algorithm Generated Text: Magical Thinking & Mediocrity
Today even statistical programs as humble as a regression analysis in an Excel spreadsheet are being called Machine Learning and by association AI. At the other end of the spectrum, we have the colossus known as GTP-3, or Generative Pre-trained Transformer 3, from the OpenAI group. It is the third generation so-called “language model” based on the “Transformer” algorithm developed by Google.