https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/22/openai-chatgpt-artificial-general-intelligence-race-acceleration

Optimists and ‘doomers’ are fighting over the direction of AI research – and those who want speed may have won this round

In November 2022, OpenAI launched ChatGPT, a consumer-facing artificial intelligence tool that could hold a conversation with users, answer questions, and generate anything from poems to computer code to health advice. The initial technology was not perfect – it would sometimes “hallucinate”, producing convincing but inaccurate information – but its potential generated enormous attention.