The current state of generative AI
As discussed in this book, in recent years, generative AI models have attained new milestones in producing human-like content across modalities including text, images, audio, and video. Leading models like OpenAI’s GPT-4o, Anthropic’s Claude 3.7 Sonnet, Meta’s Llama 3, and Google’s Gemini 1.5 Pro and 2.0 display impressive fluency in content generation, be it textual or creative visual artistry.
A watershed moment in AI development occurred in late 2024 with the release of OpenAI’s o1 model, followed shortly by o3. These models represent a fundamental shift in AI capabilities, particularly in domains requiring sophisticated reasoning. Unlike incremental improvements seen in previous generations, these models demonstrated extraordinary leaps in performance. They achieved gold medal level results in International Mathematics Olympiad competitions and matched PhD-level performance across physics, chemistry, and biology...
