The cost of A.I. | VPRO Documentary
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- Опубліковано 9 чер 2024
- What lies behind the shiny promise of Artificial Intelligence? In this video we show the reality behind the smokescreen Silicon Valley presents us. We speak with people engaged in dissecting the global AI industry, and use the capabilities of the latest AI products to depict the places and give a face to the people Big Tech would rather not be seen.
'Generative AI' is the latest buzzword in Silicon Valley. The Big Tech giants are tumbling over each other to launch chatbots and to incorporate AI assistants, based on large-scale language models, into their products. The credo is: we are building the most powerful technology since the invention of electricity, and it is about to change everything. And this is all happening in "The Cloud".
Have we once again become blinded by the brilliance of Silicon Valley and the promise of Artificial Intelligence? Because behind the recent success of AI is the use of even more resources, even more data, even more computing power and even bigger server farms. Those who zoom out see that AI is a hungry beast that must be fed with the very fastest chips, huge data sets and poorly paid labor. In the form of silicon mines, endless rows of power-guzzling servers or Syrians labeling data for the next generation of generative AI.
AI turns out not to be a divine machine, but an industry that takes blood, sweat and metals. A system of extraction and exploitation on an industrial scale with dire consequences for the earth and humans.
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Please reduce the volume of music. When listening on a smartphone, it is very hard to hear the words.
Humans will need the help of AI to figure out how to do that...
i agree, background music is not necessary nowadays, people tend to play music in background if they want it. plus, the bg music is way too loud. it's not just on a smartphone, i'm using a laptop. i'm 2 mins in and i can't watch it with this loud distracting, and inappropriate bg music, it's like talking to someone in a nightclub where the music is too loud
As stated toward the end, the music was all AI generated. Maybe it doesnt like us hearing what humans are saying in this particular video.🤔
I had no problem following what was said btw, but I listen from a laptop pc with a speaker system.
“a statistical hallucination” fascinating
I could listen to this topic for ever. You guys produced the most interesting video about AI imo. But please turn the music volume down or simply stop adding music.
Excellent documentary by VPRO, congrats on your great work.
I think the people working with AI know deep inside they're creating more problems than solutions for our human issues. But they can't stop, can they?
People have being losing touch with what makes us humans, what is really living, enjoying life, work, social relations, contemplating nature, as we're part of that. We're animals, not statistical models and probabilities. We're also slowly living the dreams of tech scumbags and companies run by people who have totally lost contact with reality and human relations. Those leaders are becoming robots and enforcing their poor, aseptic and empty lifestyle choices upon us.
It's interesting to watch tech bros and their admiration of their leaders. It has all the pinnings of a messed up religious cult. Since we all use their products, no one questions it as such.
Near the end you touch on the statistical hallucinations becoming part of the data set for future models. Recently there was a paper describing this as "model collapse" where the outputs become worse because the inputs are. There is a chance these models will become completely useless if they don't curate the data...
even worse, they are building on data that was generated from AI. Like a bad xerox that is a copy of a copy of a copy.
btw if anyone is curious the critical cartographer name from serbia is named Vladan Joler
thanks VPRO! You are doing great doks
Always love your doc, thanks for producing high quality content. I am from Taiwan :)
This positive feedback loop of reading and reinforcing its own crap is a recipe for misery. It’s horrifying so many people bought into the tech bro crypto scam, and are now lured toward this bright shiny object like it’s going to fix everything. Bleah.
First of all thanks VPRO thanks for all the great documentaries I especially enjoy the ones on the financial system where you get access to insiders who have a deeper understanding of what's really going and also ones on geo political issues which get all sides of the story from people on the ground which highlight our shared humanity. In this episode while I agree with a lot of the points I felt like you recycled some material you have used before about people being used to classify Information for social media systems to pad out the episode and associate it with the training of AI. AI systems rely more on data than people, and there are many problems that can arrive from that stemming form it not being able to understand like humans do at this point in its development and I agree with. However In the specific case of training AIs to detect disturbing images on social media, yes it is unfortunate that people have to look at these images to classify them (if that's what they are doing to train a AI) but they are doing it for the greater good because by training better A.I classifiers It means that less people will have to look at these images in the future. In the long term this is actually an example of a place where AI can be effective.
I am trying to imagine the positive outcome of the development of A.I, but as much as I know about the nowadays world...I am considering the future wrongdoings with this more.
Brilliant documentary very informative!
best video....pack it up
I am from DRCongo; I heard him saying the mine in CONGO.
5:00 infraestructuras invisibles 12:40 China 19:28 content moderator
Amazing content.
Voiceover needs to be more loud VPRO.
Your audio is low....low volume . please improve that.
My thumb 👍 up is for the MAP guy in this movie.
Excellent excellent excellent
what is the cartographer's name via finding out more about his fascinating work and maps?
Vladan Joler
It is the demands of private titles and licensing that comprises the bulk of the cost. The addition of a security processor in the recent years shows that the security burden outpaces Moore's law by at least one third.
In this case, the cost of AI is hearing the narrator.
Ai is a digital titan. unmatched by any technology in existence.
Vpro is pro
And what about the carbon cost of AI? And how much electricity and drinkable water it wastes?
YEP. Definitely *SKYNET*
background music is not necessary nowadays, people tend to play music in background if they want it. plus, the bg music is way too loud.
i'm 2 mins in and i can't watch it with this loud distracting, and inappropriate bg music, it's like talking to someone in a nightclub where the music is too loud
Don't worry, be happy. The first cars also did not have a refrigerator, navigation and audio driving advisors, or an autonomous mode. Just wait a few years and let the AI program the AGI. People will not have to work 5/7 days. The society of the future will know UBI. As long as we're sitting at the power switch, it's fine. Until then, we will be permanent friends with ASI and it will be even better.
All we ever wanted God on Earth,a being that knows everything and everyone,all powered and just! what they say....be careful what you wish for
real cost is our human life
How do we know the whole documentary was not artificially created by A.I.? 🙃
on a parking fine
The background music is annoying. I gave up. Smh
A ‘beast’ that very well is the key to curing cancer and many other diseases.
Yeah, the band on the 3rd deck plays wonderful music, but the Titanic is going down just the same.
"problematic", just because what she sees is representative otherwise to her beliefs lol
Re: data moderation. What is everyone's solution to it? The problem is that people post a lot of horrible content, because they are horrible people. We can't let that happen, as there will be complaints from parties all over. Automation can only do so much, there are many cases of innocent data being flagged and down, leading to allegations of freedom of speech restriction.
We need humans to look at the horrible crap that other humans show.
Ok, but which humans, following which rules? It should be allowed that certain humans, with sorry minds and values, are surely worse than certain algos.
It should also be allowed that all this has run away from firm human control, and our species is settling into our role as spectators in the unfolding of our own destiny. A fairly sickening development.
screw fix remote sight tdr staffordshire next to culina is where the mine was the slaves is typing this
Good day! I like the documentary-style videos you guys have on this channel. I can help you with the editing, and you can ask if you want to see some of my work. Just reply to this comment.
so called "AI", will run out training data way before, it can get anywhere near the "I" part of AI !!
Alternative Ignorance
Hebrews 4: 12 - 13
State your case.
Revelation 16: 15
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Silica🚩(James 5: 1 - 6🚩)
James 1: 10 - 11🚩
You are going to find, very soon, that "statistical mediocrity" is such a dismissive word for sth that is about to overtake us intelligence. It already does to some extent.
Quit the denial. It let's you see clearer what is happening right now.
Can you explain what you mean? Thanks.
Since social media, crypto and NFT is no longer hot, the new AI hype is here to generate the next tech hype for market growth. It's got some uses, but it's mostly not very useful. Take for example writing. Sure, you get something that is statistically correct within what a grade A school student would muster. Though when a person writes a stroy there is intent behind it. Could you for example imagine AI write a story like lord of the rings, a story intended to among some things emphasize the potential that lies in building hope and community, friendship in the face of severe adversity? Heck no. Then there are a bunch of weird cliches and weird errors and inconsistencies that make the task of writing almost as laborious as it was to begin with.
Often one hears from writers of longer novels, that people discover layers in them and meanings, that the author did not put in consciously. It is what all artists know as "flow", when the ego gets out of the way and they do stuff they never thought of before and could not imagine. Power of the human mind and consciousness.
But if the populace is okay with vacuous stories the AI can give them exactly what they want. This stuff is going to be very powerful and it will not take long at all for the system to train the next generation to want what it wants - just like processed food. One of the biggest issues is just the sheet volume of material - in all sorts of forms of media, content, “statistics and reports” that will be able to be created. And I don’t just mean “fake” - it can be genuine and legit; but it will overwhelm to an extent that will create more and more restrictions elsewhere.
PROPAGANDA ALERT !
Jeebus man ! Did you just turn an 'AI' documentary into another propaganda piece of the 'baad Chinese'. Holy sh*t, are there anything you won't do for money ??
Imagine using AI images generated in a documentary where you say how bad is to use AI...... Like showing how bad is to stealh from people showed while you are stealing... mmm fine
Did you understand the AI images? These images are a portrait of human perception. All those people seem familiar, because they show perfect stereotypes. It’s fascinating, don’t you think?
@@LyroLife i think is fascinating but the could avoid using it
@@Some_one11237 And the viewers who didn’t know what they meant would understand how? (Edit: Yeah, I get what you mean a bit more. Using it in one spot to show is one thing - but they continue to replace the humans with the AI throughout. It isn't very good AI rendering. Way too much uncanny valley. It can do much better. But maybe that is intentional so we know they aren't human).
A world of statistical mediocrity - welcome to the 21st century...
I usually watch VPRO documentaries despite their anti Chinese propaganda.But This one I was highly disappointed because instead of interviewing people who understand technical stuff they interview dumb artists who are clueless about real world.
Propaganda
Nonsensical presentation