Azeem Azhar's Exponential View

Azeem on AI: Are Large Language Models the Future of the Web?

May 24, 2023

Azeem Azhar discusses the potential of large-language models to revolutionize the web, serving as the successor to web 2.0. He explores the challenges of web 3.0 and highlights the benefits and new behavioral interactions that large-language models can bring to the internet. He also delves into the future of the web, examining the possibility of a single dominant winner or fragmented services driven by large language models. concerns about centralized models, the importance of cultural heritage and privacy-safe on-device models, and the prediction of a variety of systems with slight differences.

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Large-language models (LLMs) offer a new paradigm for accessing trusted transactional information and could revolutionize the web's interaction patterns.

Web 3.0 will likely be a fragmented landscape with various LLM-driven systems, allowing organizations and countries to control their knowledge and cultural context.

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Large-language models as the successor to Web 2.0

The podcast discusses the potential of large-language models (LLMs) to revolutionize the way we access and use information online. The speaker explains that while Web 2.0 started to lose its luster, LLMs offer a new paradigm for making use of distributed computer systems on the internet. LLMs, such as GPT-4, provide a conversational interface to access highly trusted transactional or other information. The speaker believes that the web could be largely mediated through LLM-driven interfaces, leading to a fragmentation of services based on use cases and considerations related to privacy, cultural heritage, and national context.

The Potential of Large-Language Models in Revolutionizing the Web

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The Future of the Web: LLMs and Fragmented Services

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In his brief commentary, Azeem Azhar lays out why the future of the Web is underpinned by AI, and what this means for the traditional business model of the internet. He considers whether there will be a single dominant player, like Google in Web 2.0, or a more fragmented landscape, as in social media?

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