The AI puppet dance
summary
Argues that the current generative AI wave is driven by marketing narratives — train leaving the station, revolution — not demonstrated returns, and that large language models (GPT‑3/4, Claude, Gemini) routinely produce hallucinations (example: TV2 subtitle of the Norwegian anthem reading "elk die for fun" and a municipal ad with a half baby). Claims humans are bad verifiers so human-in-the-loop often fails, leading to overproduction, deepfake election meddling, job displacement, heavy GPU resource use and supply‑chain harms that are real and measurable.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Start
- 0:10AI puppet theater intro
- 2:17Challenging AI narratives
- 9:26AI revolution hype
- 18:30Postman’s AI questions
- 20:16Hype vs AI investment
- 28:28AI silver bullet for code?
- 32:40Harms of current AI wave
- 44:25Human in the loop limits
- 47:15AI threat to web & privacy
- 53:20Are we idiots for AI?
- 53:40AI resources
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