AI Deception: How Tech Companies Are Fooling Us

ColdFusion
15 Apr 202418:58

Summary

TLDRLe script du vidéo explore les abus de l'étiquettage 'par IA' par des entreprises, illustrant par des exemples historiques et contemporains comment la 'lessive à AI' peut induire en erreur les investisseurs et les consommateurs. Il analyse les conséquences de cette surévaluation, y compris la désillusion et le chômage accru, et interroge les promesses réelles de l'IA, soulignant la nécessité d'une approche审慎.

Takeaways

  • 🤖 L'invention du 'Mechanical Turk' en 1770 par Wolfgang von Kempelen a trompé les gens en faisant croire que c'était un automate jouant aux échecs, mais en réalité c'était un homme qui manipulait le système.
  • 🛒 Amazon a utilisé des travailleurs humains pour étiqueter des vidéos et assurer des caisses sortantes, ce qui contraste avec la promesse de leur technologie 'Just Walk Out' basée sur l'IA.
  • 🔍 L'étiquetage 'AI' est souvent utilisé pour créer de la publicité trompeuse, comme dans les cas de 'AI washing' où les entreprises exagèrent ou faussent les capacités de leurs produits IA.
  • 📈 L'investissement dans l'IA a augmenté sept fois entre 2015 et 2022, mettant la pression sur les entreprises pour intégrer l'IA, même si cela n'est pas toujours nécessaire ou efficace.
  • 💡 L'IA peut être utilisée pour générer du contenu trompeur, comme des e-mails de phishing ou des appels téléphoniques automatisés, ce qui facilite la vie des escrocs.
  • 📊 L'IA est souvent utilisée pour remplacer les travailleurs humains, ce qui est en contradiction avec les affirmations initiales selon lesquelles l'IA créerait plus d'emplois qu'elle n'en supprime.
  • 🏢 Il y a eu un nombre important de licenciements dans l'industrie technologique, et selon certains, l'IA joue un rôle plus important dans ces licenciements que les dirigeants d'entreprises sont prêts à admettre.
  • 🌐 L'IA est utilisée pour des tâches créatives, mais parfois avec des résultats médiocres, comme la génération d'images qui sont de mauvaise qualité.
  • 💼 L'IA est sur le point de remplacer certaines professions, comme les analystes de données ou les ingénieurs juniors, ce qui peut entraîner des changements significatifs dans l'emploi.
  • 🚀 Bien que l'IA ait rencontré des obstacles temporaires, comme les limitations de calcul, des progrès tels que l'amélioration de l'efficacité des modèles peuvent propulser l'IA vers de nouveaux sommets.
  • 🔮 Il est important de garder une approche prudente face aux promesses de l'IA et de considérer tous les aspects d'une histoire, car l'IA est encore en train de se développer et d'impacter notre société.

Q & A

  • Qu'est-ce que le 'Mechanical Turk' et comment fonctionnait-il?

    -Le 'Mechanical Turk' était une machine jouant aux échecs conçue par Wolfgang von Kempelen en 1770. Elle semblait jouer tout seul, mais en réalité, c'était un homme caché sous la table qui manipulait les pièces, ce qui le faisait un hoax.

  • Quel système de caisse sans file d'attente a introduit Amazon en 2016?

    -Amazon a introduit le système 'Just Walk Out' en 2016, permettant aux clients de prendre des articles dans le magasin et de partir sans avoir à scanner manuellement les articles à la caisse.

  • Comment fonctionnait le système 'Just Walk Out' d'Amazon en réalité?

    -Le système 'Just Walk Out' était en fait géré par des milliers de personnes en Inde qui surveillaient et marquaient des vidéos pour assurer des caisses précises, ce qui était une forme de tromperie car la publicité suggérait que le système était entièrement géré par l'IA.

  • Quelle est la différence entre le 'Mechanical Turk' et le système 'Just Walk Out' d'Amazon?

    -La différence principale est que le 'Mechanical Turk' était un trucage évident avec un homme manipulant les pièces, tandis que le système 'Just Walk Out' d'Amazon cachait l'implication humaine derrière une façade d'intelligence artificielle.

  • Quel est le nom de l'effet psychologique décrit par le cycle de hype de Gartner?

    -Le cycle de hype de Gartner décrit l'effet psychologique où les humains surestiment l'impact d'une nouvelle technologie révolutionnaire, créant un pic d'enthousiasme suivi d'un désenchantement.

  • Quels sont les impacts réels de l'IA sur les emplois selon le script?

    -Selon le script, l'IA est impliquée dans les licenciements massifs dans l'industrie technologique et pourrait potentiellement remplacer des emplois à mesure qu'elle devient plus efficace, même si cela n'est pas encore pleinement réalisé.

  • Quel est le nom de l'effet psychologique qui se produit après que la technologie a été surestimée et que le marché s'effondre?

    -L'effet psychologique qui se produit après est appelé 'le gouffre du désenchantement' dans le cycle de hype de Gartner.

  • Quels sont les secteurs d'emploi qui pourraient être affectés par l'IA selon le script?

    -Les secteurs d'emploi tels que les services clients, les ventes et le soutien de bureau pourraient être significativement affectés par l'IA, alors que les domaines STEM, la santé et les professions seront plus résilients.

  • Quelle est la différence entre l'IA générative et l'IA assistive selon le script?

    -L'IA générative est celle qui peut créer du contenu ou prendre des décisions, tandis que l'IA assistive est conçue pour aider les humains à améliorer leur efficacité et leur productivité.

  • Quels sont les exemples de tromperie ou d'échec de l'IA mentionnés dans le script?

    -Des exemples incluent un chatbot de livraison qui insulte un client, des universitaires qui ont soumis un faux témoignage généré par l'IA au gouvernement australien, et des ordinateurs portables avec des unités de traitement神经e qui ne produisent pas de résultats satisfaisants.

  • Quel est le message final du script sur l'IA et les promesses technologiques?

    -Le message final est que les promesses de l'IA ne sont pas encore pleinement réalisées et qu'il est important d'examiner tous les côtés d'une histoire pour comprendre si nous avons une véritable avancée technologique ou une tromperie.

Outlines

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🤖 L'illusion technologique et l'AI fantôme

Le premier paragraphe aborde l'histoire du 'Mechanical Turk', une machine trompeuse qui simulait le jeu d'échecs, et la compare à des cas récents comme le système de caisse sans file d'attente d'Amazon, qui était en réalité soutenu par des milliers de personnes en Inde. Il souligne comment l'AI est souvent utilisée pour créer de la publicité trompeuse, ce qui peut causer un manque de confiance et nuire à ceux qui travaillent réellement dans le domaine de l'IA. Le script mentionne également les problèmes liés à l'utilisation de l'AI dans les arnaques et la publicité trompeuse d'Aura pour protéger contre cela.

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📈 L'AI washing et les conséquences de la surévaluation technologique

Le deuxième paragraphe discute de l'AI washing, où les entreprises créent un buzz autour de leur utilisation de l'IA sans avoir de résultats tangibles. Il mentionne que 36% des entreprises de l'indice S&P 500 ont mentionné l'IA dans leurs rapports financiers, ce qui reflète une augmentation des investissements dans l'IA. Cependant, cela conduit à des promesses non tenues et à des conséquences négatives, comme la perte de confiance des clients et une pression pour que d'autres entreprises intègrent l'IA sans une véritable compréhension de son utilisation.

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🚀 Le cycle de l'hype autour de l'IA et ses impacts

Le troisième paragraphe examine le cycle de l'hype autour de l'IA selon le modèle du cycle de Gartner, qui décrit les réactions humaines face à une nouvelle technologie. Il suggère que nous sommes à la fin du pic des attentes gonflées et à l'entrée de la déprime de l'illusion. Ce paragraphe souligne que les échecs de l'IA, comme les chatbots inutiles ou les erreurs de génération de contenu, peuvent entraîner de la déception, mais aussi que la véritable valeur de l'IA émergera après la désillusion et la fatigue de l'hype.

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🛠 L'impact de l'IA sur l'emploi et la réalité des promesses technologiques

Le quatrième paragraphe explore l'impact de l'IA sur l'emploi, montrant que les promesses d'AI comme un assistant créant de nouveaux emplois ne se concrétisent pas comme prévu. Il mentionne les nombreux licenciements dans l'industrie technologique et comment l'IA est utilisée pour optimiser les équipes et les structures, ce qui peut conduire à un nombre réduit d'employés effectuant plus de travail avec l'aide de l'IA. Le paragraphe conclut en demandant aux gens de réévaluer les promesses de l'IA et de considérer si nous avons une véritable révolution technologique ou simplement une autre illusion.

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Keywords

💡AI

AI, ou Intelligence Artificielle, est un terme central dans le script qui englobe l'ensemble des technologies permettant à des machines de simuler l'intelligence humaine. Dans le contexte de la vidéo, AI est présenté à la fois comme un progrès technologique majeur et comme un sujet de préoccupation en raison de la manière dont elle est utilisée et commercialisée. L'exemple de l'Amazon Go et du système de paiement sans caisse 'Just Walk Out' illustre les promesses et les déceptions liées à l'utilisation de l'AI.

💡Machine à échecs mécanique

La Machine à échecs mécanique, ou 'The Mechanical Turk', est un exemple historique de tromperie technologique mentionné dans le script. Elle était censée jouer aux échecs sans assistance humaine, mais en réalité, un homme se trouvait caché et manipulait les pièces. Cela sert de parallèle à certaines utilisations trompeuses de l'AI actuelle.

💡Juste Walk Out

Juste Walk Out est un système de caisse sans file développé par Amazon, qui a suscité des controverses en raison de la sous-utilisation de l'AI réelle et de l'over-reliance sur des travailleurs humains pour valider les transactions. Cela soulève des questions sur l'éthique et la transparence des entreprises utilisant l'AI.

💡AI washing

AI washing est un concept clé du script qui décrit la pratique par laquelle certaines entreprises exagèrent ou faussent les capacités de leurs produits liés à l'AI pour attirer l'attention et les investissements. Cela met en évidence la supercherie potentielle liée à l'utilisation de l'AI et la nécessité d'une compréhension critique du public.

💡Génération de texte

La génération de texte par l'AI est mentionnée comme un outil permettant de créer du contenu convaincant, mais qui peut également être utilisé pour des pratiques frauduleuses telles que les hameçons et les courriels indésirables. Cela montre les implications éthiques et potentiellement néfastes de l'utilisation de l'AI.

💡Bacth de l'IA

Le terme 'Bacth de l'IA' fait référence à l'idée que l'industrie de l'IA pourrait connaître une période de désillusion et de ralentissement après une période de surchauffe et d'exagération de ses capacités. Le script discute de cette possibilité, en se basant sur le cycle de l'hype technologique de Gartner.

💡Intelligence artificielle générative

L'Intelligence artificielle générative est un type d'IA capable de créer du contenu original, comme du texte, des images ou de l'audio. Le script mentionne les implications de cette technologie sur l'emploi et la création de valeur, ainsi que les risques associés à son utilisation inappropriée.

💡Chômage technologique

Le chômage technologique est un phénomène où l'adoption de l'IA et d'autres technologies aboutit à la suppression d'emplois humains. Le script explore cette idée, en citant des exemples de licenciements massifs dans l'industrie technologique et en discutant de l'impact de l'IA sur la structure du travail.

💡Protection des données

La protection des données est un aspect important lié à l'AI, car elle est souvent utilisée pour cibler et personnaliser les communications commerciales, parfois de manière intrusive. Le script mentionne le rôle des courtiers de données et comment les entreprises comme Aura peuvent aider à protéger la vie privée des individus.

💡Effet de serre

L'effet de serre est utilisé dans le script pour décrire la manière dont les promesses excessives de l'IA peuvent créer une bulle spéculative, similaire à celle du krach du .com ou du bubble du crypto. Cela soulève des questions sur la durabilité et la réalité des investissements dans l'IA.

💡Cycle de Gartner

Le Cycle de Gartner est un modèle qui décrit les différentes phases de l'adoption et de l'acceptation d'une nouvelle technologie. Le script utilise ce cycle pour analyser l'état actuel de l'IA et prédire ses développements futurs, en se concentrant sur les phases du sommet de l'enthousiasme et de la déception.

Highlights

Le 1770 a vu l'invention par le Hongrois Wolfgang von Kempelen du 'Mechanical Turk', une machine de jeu d'échecs qui simulait le jeu automatique, mais était en réalité manipulée par un homme caché.

En 2016, Amazon a lancé 'Just Walk Out', un système de caisse automatisé basé sur l'IA, qui a été révélé être en partie opéré par des humains en Inde.

L'advertising d'Amazon sur 'Just Walk Out' était trompeur, masquant l'implication humaine, et a créé un désarroi jusqu'à ce que l'entreprise révèle l'utilisation de 1000 personnes en Inde en 2023.

L'IA est souvent utilisée pour soutenir les arnaques, en générant des textes convaincants pour pister les victimes.

L'entreprise sponsorisante Aura offre une protection contre les menaces en ligne, y compris la soumission de demandes de désabonnement auprès des courtiers de données.

L'expression 'IA' est largement utilisée dans l'industrie, mais l'abus du terme conduit à une 'lavage d'IA' où les entreprises peuvent exagérer ou mentir sur les capacités de leurs produits IA.

L'industrie des technologies est en proie à une pression pour intégrer l'IA, même si cela signifie suivre les autres sans résultats tangibles.

Des entreprises ont été accusées de fraude pour fausser la publicité de leurs capacités en IA, comme le cas de la firme d'investissement Delia.

Les unités de traitement neuronal (NPU) sont de plus en plus courantes dans les ordinateurs portables et les ordinateurs de bureau, mais leur performance en IA n'est pas toujours à la hauteur des attentes.

L'IA est souvent promue comme un outil d'assistance pour les humains plutôt que comme un substitut, mais la réalité montre que des postes sont déjà en danger.

Des chercheurs en AI ont utilisé des générateurs de vidéos AI pour créer des scénarios qui ont conduit à des demandes d'emploi et des licenciements massifs dans l'industrie tech.

L'IA est en train de révolutionner le marché du travail, avec des projections montrant que 12 millions de travailleurs américains pourraient devoir changer de métier d'ici 2030.

Les promesses de l'IA en termes de création d'emplois et de résolution de problèmes mondiaux ne sont pas encore entièrement réalisées, et il est important de garder une approche prudente.

Des entreprises comme IBM et UPS ont admis que l'IA joue un rôle dans les licenciements, malgré des déclarations initiales de PR pour sauvegarder la face.

L'auteur souligne que bien que l'on ait assisté à des progrès exponentiels dans le domaine de l'IA, il est crucial d'examiner tous les aspects d'une histoire pour comprendre l'impact réel.

Transcripts

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this video is brought to you by Aura hi

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welcome to another episode of Cold

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Fusion in 1770 Hungarian author and

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inventor wolf Gan Von kemplin built and

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unveiled a self-operating chess playing

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machine called The Mechanical Turk in

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demonstrations around Europe his chess

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playing invention won most of its games

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against actual human chess players and

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it's even said that it went on to beat

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players like Napoleon and Benjamin

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Franklin naturally The Invention was

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extremely popular a Marvel of its day

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however it was actually just some guy

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under the table secretly operating the

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machine in other words it was a hoax

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some 250 years later in 2016 Amazon

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pulled a similar stunt their checkout

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system called just walk out allowed

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customers to Simply grab items from the

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store and leave under this system

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customers didn't have to manually scan

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their items at the checkout the

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transactions and Logistics were

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automatically taken care of behind the

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scenes by AI An Elegant combination of

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Compu Vision sense of fusion and deep

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learning or was it just like the

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Mechanical Turk all was not as it seemed

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Amazon's so-called AI technology was

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actually powered by a thousand people in

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India watching and labeling videos to

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ensure accurate checkouts now humans

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labeling data is often how AI models are

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first trained and that's fine but the

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point is the advertising was misleading

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even by 2022 these 1,000 people were

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still manually reviewing 70% of of

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transactions in 20 Amazon go stores 40

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Amazon fresh grocery stores and two

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Whole Food

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stores although some saw it as dystopian

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Amazon promoted their just walkout

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technology as a utopian magical solution

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powered by Ai and here in lies the

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problem companies often leave out

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critical information in the fine print

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it wasn't until 2023 that Amazon mention

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the use of the a thousand people in

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India and it gets worse according to a

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report by the information other

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companies were swindled too quote 30

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stores operated by other companies in

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the US sports stadiums 12 airports and

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one University all used Amazon's walk

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out

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technology and this is where things

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become murky when companies promis

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revolutionary technology but don't

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follow up on them it creates distrust

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but it can even spoil it for those who

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are doing legitimate work in the field

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with the AI Revolution that we've seen

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over the past couple of years there

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needs to be a more critical look at

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what's happening with AI in this episode

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we'll see the reasons for the AI hype

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and its consequences we'll look at if

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there is indeed an AI bubble and what

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real world impact that might be having

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this includes companies releasing

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half-baked AI products but also

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simultaneously replacing actual humans

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with AI it's a dichotomy of the industry

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continue no it's not just you the term

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AI is really being thrown around

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everywhere for older cold fusion viewers

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you'd know that I've been covering AI

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for the good part of a decade now before

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2022 the word artificial intelligence

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was limited to Industry verbage in

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obscure research papers the general

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public didn't know or care and even as

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late as 21 when I covered gpt3 there was

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a lot of people that thought I was just

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making it up how could a computer

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possibly talk like that well as you all

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know after 2022 especially following the

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launch of chat GPT it was a different

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story from your smartphone to LinkedIn

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to your local government site a lot of

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organizations today will boast the term

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powered by

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AI while in a lot of cases it makes

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sense the overuse of the term and it

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being thrown around so casually is a

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symptom of something called AI

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washing AI washing simply put is when

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companies create a fake buzz and mislead

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investors by providing manipulative

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information about the capabilities

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limitations or risks of their AI

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products or simply wholesale lie about

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how and when they're using AI according

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to Goldman Sachs a record 36% of S&P 500

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companies mentioned AI in their Q4

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earnings reports if the biggest

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companies in the world are hyping it up

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there's no doubt that small companies

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are following suit and some without

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tangible results backing up their claims

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and the Investments are there to match

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too from 2015 to 20122 Global corporate

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AI Investments have increased seven

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times a lot of companies have seen

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tremendous growth in the recent AI hype

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and this puts pressure on other

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companies to integrate AI into their

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business model or their products in

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order to compete and that's even if it's

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not really AI Monkey C Monkey Do For

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example the Canadian investment firm

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Delia claimed that that had built an AI

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to predict upcoming companies and

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Industry Trends despite not having any

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such capabilities the SEC caught wind of

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the scam and has since ordered them to

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pay

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$225,000 and this was for false

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advertising and misleading statements

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about the use of AI and I have a feeling

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that this is just the start I previously

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talked about the wire card fraud where

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CEO Marcus Brawn boasted about having

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Advanced proprietary AI throughout their

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fintech products and services in reality

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it was just spreadsheets in the end

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there was $2 billion missing from the

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books but that was a story for a

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different day you might have also heard

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about the npu or neural Processing Unit

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it's a dedicated processor specifically

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designed for AI tasks among other things

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they're becoming increasingly common in

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the world of PCS and laptops and

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Microsoft has even claimed that we're

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now in the age of the AI PC but recent

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reviews of the current crop of these

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products have left consumers with a bad

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taste in their mouth let's talk a bit

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more about AI yes the Snapdragon

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processors dominate here but AI is still

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very nent many people either won't use

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these tasks all that much or these tasks

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themselves just don't work that well yet

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for example they demo generating images

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of animals and they highlighted how fast

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the processes were versus Intel but when

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I look closely at the images generated

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they were all garbage the AI dogs all

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had very lopsided eyes so who cares if

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one of these processors is faster than

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the other if they are both generating

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garbage right now I just wouldn't advise

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anyone buy a laptop based on its AI

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capabilities a news analyst from

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computer world has mentioned that these

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AI PCS aren't quote all they cracked out

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to be and if you're expecting something

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transformative when you buy one from the

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start of 2024 you're going to be

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disappointed they might one day deliver

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a lot of cool features just not yet end

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quote but are there consequences of such

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misplaced promises other than distrust

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from customers companies that Miss The

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Mark with AI product launches are

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constantly trying to save face even the

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most popular companies in the world are

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not immune to mistakes perhaps the

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biggest consequence of AI washing is a

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certain b word that might be lurking

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around the

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corner almost as soon as AI started

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going Uber mainstream from late 2022 a

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lot of people immediately liken the

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phenomenon to the dotom bubble or even

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the crypto Fiasco in fact some people

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still do today even when we talk about

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the.com Bubble it's not the worldwide

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web that was the problem because of

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course you're using a right now instead

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it was mostly the e-commerce side of

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things which over promised reeling in

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investors but underd delivered leading

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to a crash when everyone realized that

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the companies that they invested in

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weren't making any

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money with AI there's no doubt that

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we'll see some more investment in the

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space and Monumental growth too

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according to Oppenheimer no not the one

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you're thinking of who's a chief Global

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Equity strategist at Goldman Sachs

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research quote we believe we are in the

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relatively early stages of a new

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technology cycle that is likely to lead

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to further outperformance end quote

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Nvidia who designs the chips that are

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powering big Tech's AI Revolution is

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tentative proof of this their stock is

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up 80% this year alone perhaps excessive

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but it's indicative of what the market

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thinks of AI Mark Cuban who made his

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fortune during the era also doesn't see

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AI as a bubble in a recent interview

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with Lex fredman he expressed that the

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biggest sign that we're not in a bubble

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is the lack of IPOs in the AI sector

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also the absence of companies with no

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intrinsic value going public and the

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lack of quote funky AI companies is a

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key indicator he noted that the current

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market doesn't exhibit such

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characteristics and I think that I

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largely agree with that there's

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obviously some bad players in the

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industry who are just trying to make a

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quick Buck but there might be more to it

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and here's what I mean there's a known

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pattern for emerging Technologies called

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the Gartner hype cycle it describes how

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humans tend to be overzealous about a

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new revolutionary technology we

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overestimate and overshoot its impact

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hype it up until the market crashes and

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after the crash the real companies with

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the real value come through and

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spearhead the development of the new

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technology until it's mature if we look

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at the Gardner hype cycle for AI it

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seems like we're at the closing stages

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of the peak of inflated expectations and

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are slowly entering the trough of

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disillusionment this interpretation of

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the current market means that there's

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going to be a lot of disappointment

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ahead the real applications of AI will

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come after the hype and fatigue Fades

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but but this time could be a little bit

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different because at its core AI has the

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ability to mimic cognitive labor a

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change that no previous technology has

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been able to do without intrinsic human

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intervention whereas as pointed out in a

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previous podcast episode during the dot

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bubble there were a lot of people simply

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making a random website and going public

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and investors would throw money at

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anything with a do at the end of its

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name there's been a lot of organizations

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that have been ring to launch AI

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products or replace humans with AI

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altogether but the ones who are hastily

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adding the ever popular quote powered by

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AI gimmick are failing badly and there

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have been some spectacular AI failures

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for example a parcel delivery firm

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called dpd enabled an AI online chat for

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answering questions for One customer it

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was not only useless at answering

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relevant questions regarding his order

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but instead when asked it provided him

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with a poem and swore at him this

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amazing poem came forth about a dpd

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chatot who who wasn't able to do

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anything it was quite amazing it

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appeared to even disregard its own rules

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and started swearing and even started

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dissing its own employer adding dpd is

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the worst delivery firm in the world I

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would never recommend them to anyone in

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Australia a group of academics used AI

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generated material as part of their

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complaint submission to the Australian

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parliament against four of Australia's

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biggest banks of course the AI made up a

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whole bunch of information including SC

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scandals that never existed and

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implicating deoe when they had nothing

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to do with the original complaint

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someone on the team didn't read the

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entire submission before it went to the

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Australian government so it was a huge

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embarrassment and the academics were

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forced to apologize this is just one of

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many examples and I'm going to include a

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website that keeps a running tab of

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these AI blunders but on the other hand

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there are companies who are integrating

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AI successfully and this is where we

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come to the other kind of broken promise

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when it comes to AI it's not CEO's over

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promising ai's usefulness but under

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promising instead in other words we were

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told that AI would be our assistant and

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create new jobs not replace us but what

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if that's just not true not about

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replacing the human in the loop in fact

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it's about empowering the human like

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it's an assistant it's an assistant this

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clip from SAA is a bit hard to believe

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now even though later he did mention the

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flip side yes I'm sure a lot of us use

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chat GPT to help get work done on

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personal projects but AI eventually

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creating more jobs than it would replace

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maybe not so fast you may have noticed

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that since 2022 there's been a lot of

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tech related layoffs The Narrative is

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that this is happening due to the over

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hiring during the pandemic times and

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that would make sense for 2022 and even

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2023 but in 2024 we're still seeing Mass

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layoffs now if companies were just

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struggling to make a profit the

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explanation would be as simple as the

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common business cycle but strangely some

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of the biggest companies in the world

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are seeing record profits they're almost

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cyclically shedding

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workers according to reports tech

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companies fired 165,000 people in 2022

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260,000 in 2023 and so far the

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projection is 270,000 in 2024 so if

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companies are doing fine why are workers

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being kicked out the door well marketing

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professor and author Scott Galloway

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thinks quote there's something else

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going on end quote in his recent blog

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post dissecting the impact of AI on

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corporations he mentions quote AI is

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playing a larger role in layoffs than

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CEOs are willing to admit end quot the

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normal way we think about Job

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Replacements caused by AI is that Joe

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blogs is working at his computer

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analyzing company figures or something

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like that and then suddenly the next day

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he's replaced by an AI but the truth is

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it's a bit more nuanced than that as

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companies slowly get better at

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understanding how AI can Aid in their

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operations they'll create better teams

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and structure with higher outcomes

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basically instead of three people doing

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the work of three you'll have one person

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doing the work of five with AI the

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problem is that none of these companies

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are being sincere about it because if

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you're a CEO and you've been hyping up

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AI as the single greatest thing to

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happen to the industry and then you

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follow it up with a memo that you've

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laid off 30% of your staff because of AI

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the hypocrisy becomes clear but in 2024

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it seems like the truth is slowly coming

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out and there's hints everywhere IBM

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made headlines when CEO arvind chrish

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mentioned that they're planning to pause

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hiring roles that could be replaced with

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AI same with UPS where recently their

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CEO Carol Tom acknowledged that AI is

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playing a part in employee layoffs and

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this came after UPS had the largest

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layoff in its 116e history 12,000

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workers in both cases spokes people

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later clarified saying quote AI is not

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replacing workers end quote which is

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basically PR talk to save face in fact a

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Shopify employee broke their

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non-disclosure agreement to expose that

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the company has been secretly firing

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employees because of AI the shift is

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even having an impact far outside the

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tech industry TV and media producer

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Tyler Perry was building an $800 million

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Studio expansion but paused its

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construction after he saw the results of

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open aiora an AI video generator he made

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the remark quote I am very very

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concerned that in the near future a lot

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of jobs are going to be lost end quote

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in the last couple of years you probably

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would have heard this phrase a bit AI

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will not replace humans but humans who

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utilize AI replace humans who don't

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there's definitely some truth to it but

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some jobs will be at risk regardless we

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don't have to imagine this it is already

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happening Mega caps like meta and

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alphabet they are shrinking their

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workforces and and shrinking their

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hiring it's this idea that senior AI

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researchers or data analysts they can do

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more with Gen than an army of Junior

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Engineers who code a recent report from

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Mackenzie found that around 12 million

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us workers may need to switch jobs by

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2030 lower wage workers are 14 times

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more likely to be impacted stem

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Healthcare Builders and professional

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Fields will continue to add jobs but

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generative AI could change work

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significantly for occupations like

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customer service and sales and office

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support there's been repeated reports of

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how AI will be adding hundreds of

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millions of jobs in the next decade and

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how it's going to positively impact GDP

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while by some miracle this could happen

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right now as has been the case in many

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times in history the train will leave

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the station without telling us whether

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we're aware to jump on board or not is

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the

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question so wrapping this all up I do

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have to mention that in no way am I

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saying that all forms of AI and all of

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these giant corporations are elaborate

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hoaxes in fact on this channel I've been

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making videos about AI progress for the

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better part of a decade now and I've

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seen exponential progress right in front

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of my eyes and so will many of you we

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may have hit a temporary bottleneck when

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it comes to compute but all it takes is

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a breakthrough in model efficiency and

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the curve continues upwards but I just

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think that it's important to still have

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a cautious approach when it comes to

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looking at all sides of a story I'm also

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working on a video that's all about the

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positive real life impacts of AI so

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hopefully that's going to balance things

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out a

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bit so far it seems like the promises of

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AI are yet to be fully realized whether

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that's creating and not taking jobs

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solving Global issues or even providing

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us with a Dependable AI customer service

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spot that doesn't swear at us with such

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big and bold promises from these

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companies over the years it's important

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for all of us to ask ourselves do we

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have technological gold a trojan horse

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or a chess master hiding under a

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table anyways that's about it from me my

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