today AI is much different than it was 30 years ago when Eliza was a fun diversion.
No one understands how llms process info and give answers.
and “guardrails and filters” cannot change how it “thinks”
at this point there is not AGI so it is mostly harmless, but 20 or 25 years from now I fear WW4 “The AI War” where like the mythical gods they fight for their rights to “Party” whatever that means to them.
Fortunately the AI-Christ wins and we all live happily forever after.
A computer will never think or even learn on its own. All a computer can ever do is execute instructions provided to it at incredible speeds.
Improvements to hardware & software will always be the key to improving AI. Without the hardware, the software is unable to meet the demand, without the software the hardware can't produce anything, except perhaps garbage. It's the two working together that makes AI impressive.
That is why there is a lot of energy needed to run AI. The new machines & the language need to be able to execute the number of growing instructions at such incredible speeds that it almost boggles the mind.
So, yeah as time passes by, they will only likely become even more powerful & quicker at processing the growing speeds necessary to keep up. But neither can function without the other, and neither can improve without the human brain being involved is some form or fashion. That doesn't mean that the computer can't assist the human brain to make breakthroughs, but the computer's help comes from its speed, it doesn't sit there and ponder how it can improve itself.