Gartner ThinkCast
Best of ThinkCast 2023: Generative AI, Generative AI and More Generative AI
Dec 26, 2023
Gartner ThinkCast 2023 covers the dominant topic of generative AI. Svetlana Sicular explains the basics of GenAI, Afraz Jaffri discusses its position on the AI hype cycle, and Tony Sheehan explores how AI can benefit education.
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Quick takeaways
- Generative AI is a versatile technology with both benign and nefarious applications, impacting various areas of business.
- The AI hype cycle helps measure the expectations and reality of AI technologies, with generative AI reaching the peak of inflated expectations.
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The Basics of Generative AI and Its Impact
Generative AI is a versatile and wide-ranging technology that can learn representations from data and generate new, original artifacts. This technology has both benign and nefarious applications. While it is a toy for many, it is gaining importance as an important tool for enterprises. The misconception about generative AI is that it can do everything, whereas there are other AI techniques available that can achieve similar goals more efficiently. Generative AI has the potential to impact various areas of business, including document production, office work, summarizations, manufacturing, healthcare, and more.
