Robots are creating images and telling jokes. 5 things to know about foundation models and the next generation of AI

  • Written by: Aaron J. Snoswell, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Computational Law & AI Accountability, Queensland University of Technology
Robots are creating images and telling jokes. 5 things to know about foundation models and the next generation of AIAn image created by DALL-E 2 in response to the prompt 'a robot hand drawing'.OpenAI

If you’ve seen photos of a teapot shaped like an avocado or read a well-written article that veers off on slightly weird tangents, you may have been exposed to a new trend in artificial intelligence (AI).

Machine learning systems called DALL-E, GPT and PaLM ar...

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