GPT-3, Foundation Models, and AI Nationalism

Geopolitical Implications of the 'Year of Monster Models'

Intro

A few weeks ago, Andrey Kurenkov wrote “GPT-3 is No Longer the Only Game in Town,” in which he discussed large pre-trained language models that have arisen since the release of OpenAI’s model. In December, the MIT Technology Review called 2021 “the year of monster AI models.” Among those are language and multi-modal models that have come from China…