The global AI phenomenon we are all living through began in 2022 when OpenAI launched ChatGPT, a chatbot based on a large language model called GPT-3. Within months, ChatGPT had gained 100 million users, making it the fastest-adopted technology in human history.

But why did ChatGPT see such wide adoption so fast? What is it about ChatGPT that resonated so strongly with us human users? ChatGPT wasn’t the first AI tool. It wasn’t the first large language model. It wasn’t even the first chatbot. So, what made ChatGPT so special? …

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