My First Encounter With Generative AI

A Curious Introduction to ChatGPT

It all began with a simple, if slightly irritated, curiosity. I had been hearing about ChatGPT constantly, but I found myself annoyed by the 'GPT' part of its name, an acronym I had to look up. My journey started with a little research to understand what this widely discussed technology was all about.

Unpacking the Technology Behind the Name

A quick search revealed that GPT stands for Generative Pre-trained Transformer. According to Google, this describes a powerful type of artificial intelligence model. Its core function is the ability to both comprehend and generate a wide variety of content, including text and images, with a quality that is remarkably human-like.