GenAI techniques and evolution
As we’ve already discussed, while there are some distinctions between GenAI and “traditional AI,” they share much of the same history. For example, in Chapter 1, we discussed a brief history of AI/ML, and in Chapters 9 and 14, we learned about the evolution of various types of NNs, such as recurrent NNs (RNNs), long short-term memory (LSTM) networks, and Transformers. All of those concepts and milestones also apply to the history and evolution of GenAI. Considering that GenAI is a relatively newer subset of AI, we can view its evolutionary timeline as an extension of the evolution of AI in general. Therefore, the topics in this section build upon what we’ve already covered in that regard.
The evolution of GenAI could comprise an entire book by itself, and for the purpose of this current book, it would be an unnecessary level of information to cover all of the major milestones and developments that contributed to the evolution...
