This Meme Symbolizes State of A.I.

The article offers information on Shoggoth, a cartoon of a menacing, octopus-like creature with many eyes and a yellow-smiley face that has become the most important meme in artificial intelligence. Topics covered include the Shoggoth becoming a jokey reference among AI workers as a vivid visual metaphor for how a large language model actually works, and the popularity of the Shoggoth image as AI chatbots grow popular.