AI in 2019
2 milestones in artificial intelligence
ResearchThe Transformer Era
GPT-2: 'Too Dangerous to Release'
OpenAI announced GPT-2 (1.5 billion parameters) but initially refused to release the full model, calling it 'too dangerous' due to its ability to generate convincing fake text. The decision was controversial — some praised the caution, others called it a publicity stunt. The full model was eventually released in November 2019.
Alec RadfordOpenAI
CompetitionThe Transformer Era
AlphaStar Masters StarCraft II
DeepMind's AlphaStar reached Grandmaster level in StarCraft II, a real-time strategy game requiring long-term planning, deception, and split-second tactics with incomplete information — far more complex than Go or chess.
DeepMind