What would be the next “big thing” in AI?
Something that can automatise our main routine tasks, especially those outside of our domain knowledge
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2 min readJul 1, 2023
During the last time, generative AI models such as ChatGPT and Midjourney attracted a lot of our attention. A natural question arises:
What would be the next “big thing” in AI? Something visible now but also able to grow enough to create a significant impact on our society, comparable to or even exceeding that of current generative AI models. Finally, something we can prepare in advance to get an upper hand.
Below, I shortlisted several potential candidates (of my personal preference):
- Education. As our society becomes more complex, the same is true for our required skills. Spending a decade or two to train your brain with mostly general things may be considered a substantial waste of time, and thus a subject of optimisation.
- Preventive healthcare. Many diseases can be diagnosed/prevented at earlier stages with much smaller effort.
- Smart moving of people and goods. Billions of people regularly…