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[+] amazing fame. In today’s column, I explore the rising vocal clamor that we are woefully underutilizing generative AI and large language models or LLMs. This might come as quite a surprise since the use of generative AI seems to be just about everywhere and continues to rapidly expand.

There are reportedly 250 million weekly active users of OpenAI ChatGPT and undoubtedly hundreds of millions or into the billions more users of AI when including the likes of Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, Meta Llama, and other major generative AI apps. But the rub is this. It’s not how many people are using generative AI, it’s the way in which generative AI has been set up to be used.

The primary approach that nearly everyone uses is that generative AI takes in essay-like text and produces text-based responses, or possibly images and video. That is the norm. Generative AI and large language models are data trained on patterns in human language and the way that humans write.

Maybe we should be identifying something else to pattern on. Perhaps we can reach far beyond just everyday natural language. The sky is the limit, or shall we say limitless.

Does that catch your attention and offer some intrigue? Let’s talk about it. This analysis of an innovative proposition is part of my ongoing Forbes.com column coverage on the latest in AI including identifying and explaining various impactful A.