The Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence

We're entering the Age of Generative AI, a period in which computers amplify human creativity by generating content, code, insights, and actions from our prompts rather than simply scoring, identifying, or extrapolating from a dataset. Self-supervised learning algorithms are unlocking the hidden knowledge in large, unlabeled, unstructured datasets, allowing for the creation of surprisingly novel outcomes. Through multimodal learning, we can combine diverse data such as images, text, and various sequences. There seems to be no limits on where generative AI can be used--from generating artful pictures, video, and audio, to coding, interacting with software screens and making novel chemical and drug designs. For the past several years, A.I. has created artwork, but tools released this year have enabled AI to create art with increased realism and complexity.