The use of large language models is complex and varies across companies due to the broad application of language in different contexts. These models are viewed as a tool for compressing time and space in information dissemination, resembling a gravitational force driving economic efficiency. The technology allows for rapid access to information that historically took thousands of years to spread, revolutionizing the efficiency of knowledge dissemination in the modern era.
The world of today would seem alien to someone living 30 years ago: people seduced by their screens in private and public and now AI blurring the lines between humans and the machine. Author and technologist Azeem Azhar chronicles the pace of change and asks whether the human experience can cope with that pace while preserving what is fundamentally human.