In this video, I debunk the recent SciShow episode hosted by Hank Green regarding Artificial Intelligence. I break down why the comparison between AI development and the Manhattan Project (Atomic Power) is factually incorrect. We also investigate the sponsor, Control AI, and expose how industry propaganda is shifting focus toward hypothetical extinction risks to distract from real-world issues like disinformation and regulatory accountability, and fact-check OpenAI’s claims about the International Math Olympiad and Anthropic’s AI Alignment bioweapon tests.
00:00 I wish this wasn’t happening
00:32 SciShow’s Lie Overview
01:58 Intro
02:15 Biggest Lie on the SciShow Video
04:44 Biggest Omission in the SciShow Video
05:56 The “Statement on AI” that SciShow Omits
08:57 Summary of Most Important Points
09:23 Claim about International Math Olympiad Medal
09:50 Misleading Example about AI Alignment
11:20 Downplaying “practical and visible” problems
11:53 Essay I debunked from Anthropic CEO
12:06 Video on Hank’s Personal Channel
12:31 A Plea for SciShow and others to do better
13:02 Wrap-up
Link me one AI model that was able to track cars, cats, bicycles and many other objects all in real time before YOLO, and correct me where the state of cutting edge image processing was in 2005.
Today we have Coca Cola thinking it’s a good idea to make an AI slop Christmas commercial for the second year in a row. This was unimaginable 5 years ago.
You just need to show us that identification actually working, none of it does the mistakes are terrible