From ELIZA to GPT-4: The Grand Odyssey of Language Models

Author(s): Joseph Robinson, Ph.D.

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A Deep Dive into Half a Century of NLP Evolution

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In the bustling, intricate digital era we are submerged in today, the thought of a day without conversational AI companionship appears antiquated. Picture a day without asking Siri about the weather or without that nifty chatbot helping you navigate a website. Yet, the grandeur we witness today had relatively modest beginnings. Once upon a time, the field of AI was characterized by crude prototypes and experimental systems, each of which held great promise but was also fundamental. Each “beep” and “boop” of those primitive machines was a small step towards the symphony of advanced interactions we enjoy today. This blog endeavors to be your time machine, guiding you through history's meandering pathways and alleyways. Together, we’ll embark on a journey, retracing the steps of yesteryear, unearthing the milestones, and celebrating the evolution of AI. Fasten your seatbelts, dear reader, as we voyage into the chronicles of conversational AI—from its nascent whispers to its roaring present.

Timeline summarizing events covered in this blog — visual created by the author.

· The Dawn of Dialogue — Hello, ELIZA (1966)· The Rise of Statistical Mechanisms — STNLP and Beyond (1972)· Memory Revolution — LSTMs… Read the full blog for free on Medium.

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