A.I. For Dummies - That Would Include Me
If, like me, you are confused by a 'word' like "ChatGPT", or feel very small when the subject of large language models surfaces, then this post is for you. Or, if you are puzzled by headlines, such as these, then this post is for you: "Tens of Thousands of White-Collar Jobs Are Vanishing as AI Starts to Bite," or "From Mexico to Ireland: Fury Mounts Over a Global A.I. Frenzy". Plus, there are even more puzzling ones about "Sycophantic A.I. Chatbots" and "A.I. Hallucinations". Even the headlines that are pleasing (for a very small some), can be puzzling for the rest of us: 'Nvidia Is Now Worth $5 Trillion as It Consolidates Power in A.I. Boom." Or, maybe you have heard of this book and are worried, because the title clearly suggests we should be -- If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All.
Well, I did recently see two cartoons which illustrate clearly to a dummy like me, that there are two things AI relies upon that we should really be concerned about:
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Sources (and more)
The top cartoon is from The Guardian. The bottom one is from a New Yorker. This also is from the New Yorker:" A single data center can use as much power as the city of Philadelphia. And they’re popping up everywhere. These sprawling buildings, filled with rows of computing equipment, are the factories of the A.I. economy; they power all those mundane chatbot searches, sucking up tons of energy in the process."
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