I have studied artificial intelligence about 15 years ago, and have left the field since. I am curious to learn what has been happening in the field after I've left. I know there's a lot of hype around generative AI like ChatGPT and Wall-E.
I find it quite hard though to find out what's exactly the underlying technology breakthroughs that have allowed for these new applications. I mean, neural networks and similar machine learning techniques are already decades old.
What technology led to the current AI boom? What would you say are the biggest conceptual improvements since? Or is it all just faster and bigger computers running 2000's tech?
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