Top Highlights

• What it lacks in real-world sensory experiences of the human brain, it compensates for by having exposure to more language than any human might hope to read, watch, or listen to in multiple lifetimes.
• It always seemed fantastical that one day a machine might actually pass the Turing test, let alone in my lifetime, and it was thrilling to actually try out a technology that seemed on the cusp of passing it, or that perhaps had already done so. This advancement could be tantamount to scientists achieving cold fusion or faster-than-light travel.
• Artificial intelligence, we worried, might turn our kids into a generation of cheaters who were not going to learn anything.