ChatGPT and why it has set the internet alight

In this episode, Colin Eberhardt is joined by his colleague, Oliver Cronk, and Chris Booth from NatWest for a lively discussion about the much-hyped ChatGPT.

They discuss the origins of this technology and the recent advances that contributed to its success. From there, they look at the new discipline of prompt engineering, and how this approach has democratised access to cutting-edge AI. They also consider the emotive response they feel towards this technology, and the shared belief that this is going to be huge!

As this podcast aims to look ‘beyond the hype’, they also talk about practical applications and the limitations of this technology.

Links from the podcast:

• ELIZA - one of the earliest attempts at creating a conversational AI
• Attention Is All You Need - the paper that describes the GPT-series architecture 
• An OpenAI API primer - a three-part series that covers explores the API, explaining concepts such as few-shot learning
• Prompt Engineering
• GitHub Copilot – an AI programming pair, based on a large language model
• WebGPT - Improving the Factual Accuracy of Language Models through Web Browsing