QUO VADIS?

You've bemusedly read college essays by ChatGPT and marvelled at the arresting images created in Al-generated art. Al's time in the sun is here, but what exactly is it marching towards?

- SUFFIAN HAKIM

2022 WAS A GOOD YEAR for artificial intelligence.

It is the year that saw the first chatbots pass the Turing test Google's LaMDA passed it mid-2022, while OpenAl's ChatGPT did so in December.

Last year, businesses have also adopted Al in some form - whether it is machine learning, in using chatbots for customer service, or in robot process automation - doubling adoption rates in 2017.

Four years after "Edmond de Belamy", the first-ever artwork created by artificial intelligence, there was another first for Al art when "Théâtre D'opéra Spatial", created on Al generator Midjourney with prompts by Jason Allen, won the art competition for last year's Colorado State Fair.