#type/zk/zettel # [[ChatGPT marks an AI inflection point]] Let’s first agree iPhone was the inflection point for smartphones. Even though phones existed before, and touch screens existed before, iPhone defined the new way to make and use smartphones going forward. All smartphones today are modeled on the original iPhone. The breakthrough in iPhone was not a technological one in any individual aspect. It was a product breakthrough overall. And mainly in user experience. Apple defined a totally new user experience, shifting away completely from both the desktop and dumb phone paradigms (similar to how [[Vision Pro makes a difference]]). Similarly, LLMs have existed for a long time. Even GPT-3 has been out for a while. It was already powerful for expert users. Technology wise, ChatGPT is only a small improvement over bare GPT. Product wise, however, ChatGPT is a giant leap forward. It defines the new conversational way we can make use of LLMs. This is now a product that everyone can use. After iPhone came out, it only took a couple years before the App Store was full with wild innovations that Apple had never imagined. Innovations by users and developers. The same will happen with ChatGPT or similar products. There’s already an API, and once ChatGPT fully supports plugins, there will be even more room for developers to innovate on this platform. Let’s remember the first gen iPhone was very crappy compared to the latest versions. I’m very curious to see where we’re gonna be in a couple of years. Conclusion: [[What a time to be alive]]. --- Date:: [[2023-07-20|2023-07-20]] Sources:: Continuation:: Branches:: See also::