Generative AI
This refers to AI that creates new content such as text, images, sounds, and videos.
Generative AI is a general term for AI that creates new content such as text, images, sounds, and videos. While existing AI was focused on determining whether to recognize a cat in a photo, generative AI acts as a creator who directly draws a picture of a cat.
With the advent of ChatGPT, its popularity exploded and it has become synonymous with the current AI boom, and is used in all areas of creative and knowledge work, including writing, image production, coding, and video creation. Companies are rapidly adopting it as a tool to increase productivity in document creation, marketing content, software development, etc.
However, there is a shadow to the ability to create. Issues such as hallucinations that make up content that is not true, copyright issues in learning data, and flooding of low-quality content come along, and determining the authenticity of a product has become a social task.
✅ Why it matters
- It is the central concept of the current AI boom and is the starting point for understanding related news
- Significantly increases the productivity of creation and knowledge work such as text, images, and code
- Lowers the threshold so that anyone can create content without professional skills
⚠️ Limits and debates
- There is a problem of hallucinations that make up things that are not true
- Lawsuits and controversies surrounding the copyright of learning data are ongoing
- The flood of low-quality products and the impact of job losses for creators continue.