The world changed Link to heading
In 2022 OpenAI made ChatGPT publicly available. Meh, I thought. Another chat bot. How wrong I was. It marked the start of a new era in software. In my life there have been a few significant computing milestones.
- 1981 - the launch of the PC
- 1993 - the World Wide Web officially released by CERN
- 2006 - first “hyperscale” cloud launched
The large language models coming of age is the latest and most transformative of these changes. It would not have been possible without the others mentioned and myriad other innovations over the past 150 years.
Hands up if you use AI Link to heading
The adoption of AI in the software industry has been patchy but most developers will be using some form of AI tooling.
This ranges from writing unit tests through boilerplating code and full software lifecyle.
There is natural scepticism from many but the juggernaut is well on its way and will not stop.
Disclaimer Link to heading
No AI was used in the writing of this article. All typos are my own work.