Dr. Christiane GrünlohMay 23, 2024
“The workers allege that the practices of companies like Meta, OpenAI, and data provider Scale AI “amount to modern day slavery.” (…) A typical workday for African tech contractors, the letter says, involves “watching murder and beheadings, child abuse and rape, pornography and bestiality, often for more than 8 hours a day.” Pay is often less than $2 per hour, it says,and workers frequently end up with post-traumatic stress disorder…”
#UnethicalAI #ThinkBeforeUsingChatGPT https://www.wired.com/story/low-paid-humans-ai-biden-modern-day-slavery/?utm_social-type=owned&mbid=social_twitter&utm_brand=wired&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
Dr. Christiane GrünlohMay 23, 2024

“In a paper due to be published later this year, Ren’s team estimates ChatGPT gulps up 500 milliliters of water (close to what’s in a 16-ounce water bottle) every time you ask it a series of between 5 to 50 prompts or questions” #UnethicalAI #ThinkBeforeUsingChatGPT

https://apnews.com/article/chatgpt-gpt4-iowa-ai-water-consumption-microsoft-f551fde98083d17a7e8d904f8be822c4

Artificial intelligence technology behind ChatGPT was built in Iowa — with a lot of water

As they race to capitalize on a craze for generative AI, leading tech developers including Microsoft, OpenAI and Google have acknowledged that growing demand for their AI tools carries hefty costs, from expensive semiconductors to an increase in water consumption. But they’re often secretive about the specifics. Few people in Iowa knew about its status as a birthplace of OpenAI’s most advanced large language model, GPT-4, before a top Microsoft executive said in a speech it “was literally made next to cornfields west of Des Moines.”

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