What do you think there are more of: professional computer programmers or computer users who do a little programming? It’s the second group. There are millions of so-called end-user programmers.

In a certain, strange way, generative AI peaked with OpenAI’s GPT-2 seven years ago. Little known to anyone outside of tech circles, GPT-2 excelled at producing unexpected answers. It was creative.

Bill Gates says his three kids never would've gotten away with the hijinks he pulled as a 13-year-old — like sneaking out of the house to write computer code until after 2 a.m. The future ...