Everyone’s talking about artificial intelligence lately and for good reason. As an AI-driven company, we know its potential to be vast and varied, and how it can better the way we live, work, and even how societies are run. So, impress everyone with these 7 fun insights the next time someone brings up AI in conversation.

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A little history lesson: It may feel like AI is a recent breakthrough in technology, but the groundwork for it actually began in the early 1900s. Recent developments have rocketed AI’s popularity, with searches relating to it increasing by approximately 57% over the last 5 years.

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People on Twitter are just as excited about AI as we are, with 82% of 200 tweets expressing optimism and joy over how AI might transform our lives.

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Generative AI art is the newest, coolest creative tool and people are proudly showing off their work on Instagram. The application of AI allows artists to manifest their wildest imaginations, and they’re taking full advantage of it.

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Sphere reviewed almost 300 posts of AI-art and found that it was dominated by dark, rich brown tones. These artists have drawn inspiration and reinterpreted the world around them to create fantastical, utopian societies and mythical creatures.

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Step aside puppy filter, TikTok’s AI filter can turn you into your very own anime character. The face filter has become so popular with users that the top searches for ‘AI’ on the platform show people placing random objects on themselves, in hopes of finding a “rare AI”.

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Autoregressive language model, GPT3 has taken the world by storm, with searches for it rising by 735% over the last 12 months. Check out our very own (non-Chat GPT) Generative AI text generator, Quilt & Create for fast, intelligent copy in life when words don’t come easy.

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Hollywood has always been fascinated by artificial intelligence, imagining up dystopian movies and sci-fi fantasies over the last few decades. Above are some of the most beloved AI characters.