Since its launch in November 2022, ChatGPT - a chatbot that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to answer questions or generate text or even code on demand from users - has become the fastest-growing internet application in history.

The bosses of IT giants were called to the White House: they talked about the risks of artificial intelligence Hope for the salvation of humanity. Scientists have found a cure for superbugs, they were helped by artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence diagnoses cancer better than doctors In just two months, it had 100 million active users. According to technology monitoring company Sensor Town, it took Instagram two and a half years to reach this milestone.

The enormous popularity of ChatGPT, which was developed by the company OpenAI with the financial support of Microsoft, caused an intense debate about the impact of artificial intelligence on the future of humanity.

Dozens of experts have endorsed a statement published on the AI Security Center's website, which reads: "Reducing the risk of (humanity. - Ed.) extinction from artificial intelligence should be a global priority alongside other societal risks such as pandemics and nuclear war."

At the same time, others say that these fears are exaggerated.

PHOTO AUTHOR, GETTY IMAGES Imitation of people Text (from essays, poems, and jokes to computer code) and images (such as diagrams, photos, and illustrations) produced by AI tools such as ChatGPT, DALL-E, Bard, and AlphaCode may be indistinguishable from human work.

With their help, students do homework and politicians write speeches: Democratic representative Jake Auchincloss launched their use in the US Congress.

Tech giant IBM says it will stop hiring for 7,800 artificial intelligence jobs.

Users can upload photos and choose an art style from a selection of well-known paintings, illustrations and sketches in the online database — or even add new ones.

The DeepArt servers then render a reproduction of the original photo in the chosen art style — the bold, flowing strokes of Vincent van Gogh; the cubist shapes of Pablo Picasso; or the vibrant, primitive forms of Frida Kahlo.

1. Cadillac Model A Runabout (1902) The first passenger car "Cadillac" was very similar to the first passenger car "Ford". In general, these companies have more in common than you might think. Actually, Cadillac cars began to be produced at the Henry Ford Company plant. Until recently, the same Henry Ford was in charge here, until he was driven out by investors. Henry Leland was appointed as the new technical director of the firm, and the company was renamed Cadillac Automobile Company. The first car of the future premium brand was built on the basis of developments left by Ford.

2. Chevrolet Classic Six (1911) Misunderstanding. This is what happened in the relationship between the founders of the brand, William Durand and Louis Chevrolet. The first - a shrewd businessman, a desperate businessman and a determined strategist - invited the second, a famous racer and designer, with the aim of building an inexpensive and popular car. But Chevrolet, bent on speed, not dollars, made an expensive and powerful Classic Six model with a six-cylinder engine and a Cadillac-like price tag. When Durand insisted on the release of cheaper cars, Chevrolet, offended by the very fact that its name is used on some kind of shill, slammed the door.

3. Chrysler B70 (1924-25) In the early 1920s, the former president of Buick, as well as the lucky crisis manager of Willys and Maxwell, Walter Chrysler found an empty niche in the market - he wanted to make a sufficiently powerful and prestigious car, which would also be produced in large quantities. Which, in turn, made it possible to make the price attractive. This is how the Chrysler B70 was born - beautiful and inexpensive, with a 3.3-liter "six" engine with a capacity of 68 horsepower and hydraulic brakes on all wheels. Already in the first year, Chrysler managed to sell more than 30,000 "seventies", and a new star rose in the sky of Detroit.

4. Citroen A (1919) The end of the First World War deprived the great French manufacturer Andre Citroen, who made a fortune on military orders, of his main income. Then, instead of shells, he decided to produce cars. Simple, reliable and cheap. Citroen Typ A 10CV, created by engineers Jules Salomon and Edmond Moyy, was equipped with an 18-horsepower 1.3-liter engine and accelerated to 65 kilometers per hour. The car cost no more than seven thousand francs - about three times less than the usual car prices of that time. It is not surprising that in two months Citroen collected more than 16 thousand orders and soon earned the fame of the French Henry Ford.

5. Ferrari 125S (1947) Enzo Ferrari loved racing and racing cars more than anything in the world. And it is unlikely that he would ever decide to produce ordinary passenger cars, but ... the need forced. The maintenance costs of the Scuderia had to be paid, and Enzo decided to make cars for sale. In any case, it had to be sports, thoroughbred cars!

The first car that can be called 100 percent Ferrari was the 125S two-seater speedster, designed by Gioacchino Colombo. The 12-cylinder engine with a volume of 1.5 liters produced 118 horsepower, which, with a weight of 650 kilograms, allowed it to accelerate to 170 kilometers per hour. In the first six months, the new Ferrari won six victories in 14 starts, and a stream of wealthy customers reached Maranello.

1. FIAT 3.5 h.p. (1899) The "Italian Automobile Factory of Turin", or simply FIAT, was founded on July 11, 1899, and near the end of the year, the first car of the brand saw the light of day. FIAT 3.5 h.p. with a two-cylinder 600-cc engine, it produced four horsepower, was equipped with a three-speed manual transmission, which did not have a reverse gear, and was offered with a standard bodywork by the coachbuilder Marcello Alessio from Turin. The maximum speed of the first Fiat was 35 kilometers per hour.

2. Ford Model A (1903) Ernst Pfennig, a dentist from Chicago, made history by becoming the first buyer of a Ford car. On July 15, 1903, a prosperous dentist purchased a Ford A runabout with the added option of a folding top. The purchase cost Mr. Pfenig $850. The Ford Model A itself, as we have already told, is very similar to the Cadillac Model A. The difference was in the engine: the Ford had a two-cylinder unit, while the Cadillac used a single cylinder. That's probably why the Ford cost a hundred bucks more.

3. Honda T360 (1963) This cute truck is considered to be the first four-wheeled Honda, although in spirit this pick-up truck was more like a sports motorcycle. What do you say, for example, about a tachometer marked up to 14,000 rpm