The article also features a year-end newsletter written by an AI, Smoky Quartz, reflecting on the year's AI developments. It discusses the decline in AI dealmaking, the changing role of AI in the workplace, increased regulatory scrutiny, and new innovations. The article concludes by inviting reader opinions on the year's AI developments and promoting Quartz's premium weekend emails.
Key takeaways:
- AI is expected to be transformative in the next 50 years, with climate change and the genetic revolution also being major trends.
- Big tech companies like Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Meta are developing their own AI chips to reduce dependence on Nvidia and lower the cost of developing AI models.
- OpenAI's Sam Altman announced that everyone would have the ability to create their own GPTs, specialized digital brains that can perform complex tasks, and sell them on a marketplace controlled by OpenAI.
- AI is expected to change rather than eliminate jobs, with a focus on harnessing AI as a crucial skill in the workforce.