“But AI generation has so much potential!”
Yes- it has great potential to pollute the planet and kill people faster. Yippie! /s
Table of Contents
1. AI Types Explained
2. The Full Depth of Theft
3. The Complete Environmental Impact
4. The Negative Effects of AI in Media
5. The Dangers of AI Psychosis
6. Ethical AI Alternatives To Use
7. Sources
Artificial Intelligence has been around for quite some time now but only recently has AI been used to replace creation. John McCarthy was a computer scientist at Stanford University and held the first AI conference at Dartmouth back in 1955. McCarthy wanted to know if a computer could make the process of finding the solutions to problems scientists wanted to solve easier. He discovered they could. These AI models were trained on scientific research papers on specific topics with specific goals in mind. Today a similar model, Clinical Histopathology Imaging Evaluation Foundation (CHIEF), is being trained to detect cancer cells before they have even developed. In order to do so, it takes time and lots of it. Why? Because it has to be tested and trained and tested and trained again for it to start to become useful in the job it was created for.
Billionaires, however, are not patient and willing to poison and displace communities in order to do it as quickly as possible. The AI models billionaires push out are meant to replace creators entirely so of course they are trained on content without the consent of the original creator and are open to the public so they can convince you to train their model for free. Most of the time they are using your posts on social media to train their model without even telling you. But, what is the real difference of these two models anyways? Ethics, that’s the biggest difference.
AI Types Explained
There are four major differences between what I will call from now on Ethical AI and Unethical AI: how/where it’s hosted, how it learns/what it’s trained on (otherwise known as Machine Learning or ML), intent, and impact.
Ethical AI
how/where it’s hosted
Small Server, local storage (not via cloud), not available to just anyone, and has the same demands of your PC for resources.
how it learns/what it’s trained on
Trained on specific information with consent when applicable. Scientific papers or a language, for example.
intent
Resolve or assist with an issue for the greater good. For example, a voice to text AI model I’ve seen my doctor use for taking notes.
impact
Potentially true accessibility to complete tasks with your needs in mind (aka equity) and preventive healthcare could one day include cancer, among who knows what else. The only downside of ethical AI is it takes time to get to the point it can be useful.
Unethical AI
how/where it’s hosted
Large Server, utilizes cloud, takes up land, available to anyone with internet access, and has a large demand of resources.
how it learns/what it’s trained on
Trained on media without permission, continues to “learn” from whatever anyone is willing to feed it.
intent
Profit, confuse, control, replace.
impact
A quick “reward” and “potential”.
Plagiarized media used for political misinformation or a “yes” machine that will quite literally encourage you to kill yourself. What do I mean by potential? I mean every single company you know of is adding AI to their business because they think it will make them money in the future and in my opinion try to avoid paying people.
I’m doing by best at trying to write this but I keep finding more sources and the list of things to cover keeps getting longer. I WILL FINISH THIS THOUGH.
To be continued…
The Full Depth of Theft
To be continued…
The Complete Environmental Impact
To be continued…
The Negative Effects of AI in Media
To be continued…
The Dangers of AI Psychosis
To be continued…
Ethical AI Alternatives To Use
To be continued…
Sources Used Not Linked Above:
- AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism
- America’s Digital Demand Threatens Black Communities with More Pollution
- Artificial intelligence: How much energy does AI use?
- Can AI Cause Psychosis?
- Glenn Beck Posts Utterly Bizarre Sit-Down Interview With George Washington AI Bot
- Google Strives To Keep Data Center Water Use Secret
- Explained: Generative AI’s environmental impact
- I’m Not Convinced Ethical Generative AI Currently Exists
- Investigations Warn of Psychosis-Like Behavior in Chatbots
- Parents say ChatGPT encouraged son to kill himself
- The alleged theft at the heart of ChatGPT
- The Emerging Problem of “AI Psychosis”
- The Emotional Labor Behind AI Intimacy
- The Hidden Costs of AI
- The ugly truth behind ChatGPT: AI is guzzling resources at planet-eating rates
- “Wait, not like that”: Free and open access in the age of generative AI
- Who is the Father of AI and Machine Learning?
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