# AI & Generative AI Overview

- Channel: [ZuBerlin](https://streameth.org/zuberlin)
- Date: 2024-06-18
- Duration: 44:27
- Topics: cryptocurrency, AI, generative AI, machine learning, blockchain
- Watch: https://streameth.org/watch/6671603c07f92b086c3b042e
- Download: https://vod-cdn.lp-playback.studio/raw/jxf4iblf6wlsyor6526t4tcmtmqa/catalyst-vod-com/hls/15c3yp9osbo5ncs6/1080p0.mp4

## Description

Clip The video features a speaker, Michael Friedrich, discussing various topics related to generative AI and its implications in the crypto and technical world. He begins by engaging the audience with questions about their use of AI tools like ChatGPT and its competitors. Michael introduces himself, mentioning his seven-year tenure at Adobe, his work on AI and ML platforms, and personal interests including surfing and FPV drone racing.

He then delves into the definition of generative AI, illustrating its evolution from text-to-image applications to multimodal ones that include speech output. The conversation touches on the hype around generative AI in business marketing and its potential trajectory towards achieving human-level intelligence.

Michael skips over basic explanations of transformer architecture due to the audience's familiarity, moving on to discuss large language models (LLMs), their structure, function, and how they learn from data inputs to predict outputs. He highlights the astonishing capabilities of LLMs like GPT-3 and GPT-4 in understanding language and generating coherent responses.

Questions from the audience lead to discussions about unpredictability in AI outputs, the concept of creativity in models, and how randomness plays a role in generating new content. The speaker also addresses concerns about whether AIs can be considered conscious beings.

Further into the talk, Michael explores the