Drawing on Carlota Perez’s framework, Azeem Azhar considers whether large language models (LLMs), such as OpenAI’s GPT-4, will drive a paradigm shift across our economies. His discussion touches on LLMs’ wide applications, their reliance on affordable computation and digital data, and their compatibility with existing and potential future digital infrastructures.

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Further resources:

• LLMs and Technological Revolutions, Azeem Azhar 2023
• Technological Revolutions and Techno-Economic Paradigms, Carlota Perez, 2010