Today the world changed forever.
Why? Because a group of Artificial Intelligence researchers released something called "GPT-3".
In short: it's a computer program that can interact like a ridiculously intelligent human.
And it will blow your mind

I used to write papers on AI safety at @Cambridge_Uni, but today is the most excited I've been in a long time.
Here's why...

Exhibit A: GPT-3 can take normal speech, and automatically turn it into 'lawyer speak'

Implication: lawyers, start learning to code, and fast...

Exhibit B: it can take written text, and turn it into fully functioning code - in real-time.

Implication: to those lawyers who just learned to code - yeah, sorry about that.

Maybe try one of the creative industries? https://twitter.com/sharifshameem/status/1282676454690451457?s=20

Then again maybe not. Because...

Exhibit C: this thing writes poetry. And it's actually not that bad!

Implication: if this is version 1, this thing will go on to produce works of beautiful art.

So what's next. Philosophy? Surely that's off-limits...

https://www.gwern.net/GPT-3#humor 

Nope. Turns out this thing is Descartes reincarnate.

Exhibit D: a 100% unique and deeply profound sentence, generated by GPT-3.

Implication: I am actually slightly lost on this one. It's beyond the limits of my comprehension this late in the evening.... https://twitter.com/edleonklinger/status/1284138261963735041?s=20

Right. So it can do law, coding, poetry, and philosophy.

At least my role as CEO is safe though, right?

Exhibit E: GPT-3 can write genuinely helpful, data-driven business strategies.

Implication: this thing will run companies someday. Someday soon... https://twitter.com/zebulgar/status/1283927560435326976?s=20

I could go on. The examples are endless, and this thing has *only just been released into the wild*.

Combined with the boundless ingenuity of the human race, the possibilities of GPT-3 are too far-reaching to summarise in a single tweet thread.

But I will say this:

The human race will survive, or perish, as a result of the Artificial Intelligence we build (or do not build).

One of my favourite books dives deep on this:
https://www.amazon.com/Superintelligence-Dangers-Strategies-Nick-Bostrom/dp/1501227742
@FHIOxford

GPT-3 gives but a glimpse into the power we're soon to unleash.

Thankfully, organisations like @OpenAI (who built this model) are pathing the way to safe & sustainable AI.

Employing the world's greatest minds to ensure that AI remains a force for good http://openai.com 

I'll leave you with this strange and beautiful paragraph, written by GPT-3 (when prompted - in bold - to describe a very specific scene):
https://www.gwern.net/GPT-3 

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I took a twitter deep-dive last night and realised there are a lot of speedy founders already building on top of this. Investors will be all over GPT-3
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