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Introduction to GPT technology - ChatGPT Tutorial
From the course: AI and Developer Productivity
Introduction to GPT technology
- [Instructor] GPT might sound like some secret code, but it stands for, Generative Pretrained Transformer. Sounds familiar, right? But in simple terms, think of it as a technology that has the ability to understand and generate humor like text. You throw an input at it and you receive some very impressive responses. Now, let's rewind a moment. Back in the days when AI models were getting their start, we literally fed them lots of data, short pictures, gave them all the key details. It was called supervised learning, where humans did the heavy lifting labeling data for the machines to learn. Just imagine the amount of work that goes into teaching the kid with lots of pictures and words, but then things got even cooler. All thanks to GPT. Instead of feeding the machine every little detail, GPT pretrains on massive chunks of internet data. It's like going from teaching a robot to showing it how to learn on its own. That sounds like a huge upgrade, right? So why should we even care about…