Gary Marcus

Large language model chatbots will be widely adopted during 2023, despite their flaws.

“2023 is likely to see widespread adoption of such systems—despite their flaws.”

Said on

29 December 2022 · WIRED essay for "The WIRED World in 2023" trends briefing (written Aug 2022; online Dec 29, 2022)

Source

The Dark Risk of Large Language Models · WIRED

Should come true

2023

How sure they sounded

"likely"

Categories

AITechnology

Importance

3 of 5 · Mass adoption of LLMs affects the tech industry and society broadly.

Outcome

Accurate

LLM chatbots were adopted widely in 2023. ChatGPT reached about 100 million weekly active users by November 2023, and Microsoft, Google and others built LLMs into mainstream products.

Evidence:

• https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/06/openais-chatgpt-now-has-100-million-weekly-active-users/