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An insider perspective on AI and exponential technologies

Hi, I’m Azeem Azhar. As a global expert on exponential technologies, I advise governments, some of the world’s largest firms, and investors on how to make sense of our exponential future. Every Sunday, I share my view on developments that I think you should know about in this newsletter.

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Sunday chart: GPTs, GPTs everywhere, but AGI nowhere

OpenAI’s developer event was emblematic of the pace of innovation in the Exponential Age. The biggest moment (of many) was the arrival of customisable agents, which the firm calls GPTs. This allows any user to build a bot for a specific purpose. 

I’ve been using custom bots for Claude-2 and GPT-4 via Poe and Typing Mind to speed up my interactions. These bots include Russian Literature Bot, DJ Bot & AzeemBot¹. Custo…