Closing Thoughts
Do you remember what it felt like the first time you used a generative AI like ChatGPT?
On November 30, 2022, ChatGPT appeared like a comet and sent shockwaves around the world. Who could have imagined that AI, which we expected to be no better than a clunky chatbot, could become this intelligent?
It felt like a completely different level from any artificial intelligence we had ever encountered. Some people were frightened. Many called to mind the dystopian science fiction films where AI takes over humanity, movies like The Matrix.
And now, it has become far smarter still. What is more, the pace at which it is getting smarter keeps accelerating.
Even up through version 3.5, there were significant limitations: hallucinations like the infamous "King Sejong throwing a MacBook" incident, and weak reasoning capabilities. Yet in less than two years from launch, it has grown beyond recognition. It codes well. It writes in English. It analyzes. It does almost everything well.
Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, the company that organizes all the world's information, once said:
AI is not replacing jobs; it is changing the way people work.
AI will continue to advance in revolutionary ways, and it is becoming increasingly difficult for individual human capability to keep pace. Regrettably, a great many jobs are in fact disappearing because of AI.
Developers, translators, and many other fields have taken a direct hit from AI's advancement, and across every industry, the space for junior workers is shrinking. The reason is simple: AI now outperforms most juniors.
But precisely at times like this, we must not think of AI as a threat to our jobs and careers. Instead, we should think of it as a lifelong companion, one we will walk alongside for the rest of our working lives. When industrialization began with the invention of machines, some people resented the machines and launched the Luddite movement. Others leveraged the machines and built tremendous wealth.
The word machine has simply been replaced by AI. Whether to stand on the side of resentment or the side of utilization is a choice each of us must make.
To stand on the side that uses AI rather than resents it, you need to know how to properly put AI to work for you.
A foundational understanding of AI is the essential literacy that lets people collaborate with artificial intelligence, rather than be controlled by it, in an age where everything is being replaced by AI.
We hope that The Complete AI Guide for Beginners has been the clear-headed prescription you needed if you have ever felt frustrated by not being able to use AI effectively. With that, we bring this curriculum to a close.
Thank you for spending your precious time with us.
— The Geekhaus Team
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