AI Expert Reveals The Exploitation Behind AI
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What’s really behind artificial intelligence? PBS Film Club sits down with AI and innovation policy expert Thema Monroe-White to pull back the curtain on AI. From the surprising history of how we define and measure “intelligence” to the human labor and resources powering today’s technology. We explore the connections between AI, eugenics, exploitation while asking what all of this means for the way we use these tools today. The conversation asks whether the key to navigating the future might be something rather more human: connection.
Watch the full documentary ‘Ghost in the Machine’ by Valerie Veatch https://youtu.be/dLQzVLtvdv8?si=MoK7KtNODVk220BW
00:00 - Pulling Back the Curtain on AI
01:55 - AI Expert Demystifies AI
03:26 - CLIP: The Secret Origin of the Term "Artificial Intelligence"
04:02 - Learn how this program uses and labels AI content at pbs.org/ghost
04:20 - What Does "Intelligence" Actually Mean?
06:14 - CLIP: The Dark History Behind AI
10:30 - Are Today’s AI Barons In On This?
13:20 - Can We Reclaim Math and Science from Tech Monopolies?
15:10 - CLIP: The Hidden Exploitative Labor Behind AI
15:50 - "Digital Colonialism" & The Global Data Workforce
19:17 - Will AI Outsmart Our Kids? The Truth for Parents & Classrooms
22:03 - How to Build Real AI Literacy
24:53 - More on "token predictions" and AI technology: NOVA: AI Revolution (https://youtu.be/-sB12gk9ESA?si=VEFnG1bxzjAlOHeP)
25:55 - Grassroots Knowledge vs. Silicon Valley "Solutions"
29:22 - Human Connection: The Real Future
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Watch the full documentary ‘Ghost in the Machine’ by Valerie Veatch https://youtu.be/dLQzVLtvdv8?si=MoK7KtNODVk220BW
00:00 - Pulling Back the Curtain on AI
01:55 - AI Expert Demystifies AI
03:26 - CLIP: The Secret Origin of the Term "Artificial Intelligence"
04:02 - Learn how this program uses and labels AI content at pbs.org/ghost
04:20 - What Does "Intelligence" Actually Mean?
06:14 - CLIP: The Dark History Behind AI
10:30 - Are Today’s AI Barons In On This?
13:20 - Can We Reclaim Math and Science from Tech Monopolies?
15:10 - CLIP: The Hidden Exploitative Labor Behind AI
15:50 - "Digital Colonialism" & The Global Data Workforce
19:17 - Will AI Outsmart Our Kids? The Truth for Parents & Classrooms
22:03 - How to Build Real AI Literacy
24:53 - More on "token predictions" and AI technology: NOVA: AI Revolution (https://youtu.be/-sB12gk9ESA?si=VEFnG1bxzjAlOHeP)
25:55 - Grassroots Knowledge vs. Silicon Valley "Solutions"
29:22 - Human Connection: The Real Future
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@independentlens is an award-winning documentary series that fosters understanding, seeks to build empathy, and encourages a more united society. Produced by ITVS, Independent Lens documentaries have premiered on PBS for 25 years and streamed on YouTube, helping Americans foster deeper connections between communities and themselves. From the Oscar-nominated I Am Not Your Negro to the Peabody-acclaimed docuseries Philly D.A. and the EmmyⓇ award-winning The Invisible War, Independent Lens provides viewers with in-depth, nuanced storytelling reflecting the experiences of people from a variety of voices and communities. Funding is provided by the Action Circle for Independent Lens with major funding from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Acton Family Giving, Ford Foundation, and Jonathan Logan Family Foundation, with additional support from Artemis Rising Foundation, Wyncote Foundation, Park Foundation, Brandt Jackson Foundation, the deNovo Initiative, and RandomGood Foundation. Additional support has been provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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