It's not a perfect analogy but I often compare the advent of LLM development to the Battle of Crécy [1], where the introduction of the longbow meant that a common peasant with minimal training could potentially bring down a knight who had spent his entire life mastering the art of combat.
andsoitis•1h ago
IBM's landmark chess-playing supercomputer that beat Kasparov in 1997 will always be what I think when I hear Deep Blue.
https://www.ibm.com/history/deep-blue
bcantrill•1h ago
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