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

    • magic_lobster_party@fedia.io
      33·
      3 days ago

      Transformers is based on backpropagation algorithms, which was invented in the 1970s. From that lens, backpropagation has seen a lot of evolution through the years. Transformers is just one stepping stone in that journey, and it likely won’t be the last.

        • magic_lobster_party@fedia.io
          21·
          3 days ago

          There will definitely be new backpropagation based architectures in the future. It won’t stop at transformers, just like how convolutional neural networks weren’t the end of the line.

          If you’re only looking in the context of transformer models, then sure it might look like a plateau. But that’s a very narrow timeframe to look at. If we instead use 1970s as a timeframe, then things are progressing very fast. Almost overnight the internet is polluted by AI slop shit and people are having AI slop girlfriends. Things are going to get worse.