The technology that printed the Gutenberg Bible in 1455 made abstract human thought communicable generally and rapidly. Whereas the printing press caused a profusion of modern human thought, the new technology achieves its distillation and elaboration. In the process, it creates a gap between human knowledge and human understanding. The new technology is known as generative artificial intelligence; GPT stands for Generative Pre-Trained Transformer. As its capacities become broader, they will redefine human knowledge, accelerate changes in the fabric of our reality, and reorganize politics and society.

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