This week on Ginger River Radio, Jiang Jiang, the founder of GRR newsletter, welcomes Yihan Zhou, an AI scientist for Mind AI, a South Korean company which uses new approaches and data structures to complement Generative AI such as GPT. Now based in Shenzhen, China's Silicon Valley, Yihan shares his firsthand insights into ChatGPT and discusses with Jiang Jiang on topics including Chinese companies' efforts and challenges in closing the gap with OpenAI, the limitations of ChatGPT, tips on better utilizing GPT-like tools and prospects of GPT-5 and GPT-10.

Highlights:

5:13 - What is GPT?

11:30 - Three key elements for developing ChatGPT and GPT-4

17:13 - Yihan's views on New Bing and Microsoft 365 Copilot

20:50 - Chinese companies’ efforts to close the gap: Baidu’s Ernie Bot, Huawei, etc.

33:54 - How will ChatGPT-like products update China's tech industries: Douyin, e-commerce, NEV

40:07 - Impact of Chinese government's regulation

44:35 - Mind AI's business solutions

49:44 - Yihan's views on Shenzhen and the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area

54:18 - Different innovation patterns in China, the U.S. and South Korea

1:00:43 - Can AI understand human language? An interesting experiment that shows the limitation of ChatGPT

1:15:44 - Suggestions on utilizing GPT-like tools

1:21:40 - Prospects of GPT-5 and GPT-10

1:29:00 - Book recommendation: Life 3.0: Being human in the age of artificial intelligence

Recommendations:

Yihan Zhou: Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Max Tegmark

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