On this page you will find Blog Post 7 – Using AI. The instructions for this post walk you through an AI exercise. They can be found HERE or in Module 5 week 3.
Blog Post 7-AI
1. Talk about one thing you learned from each of the articles that you didn’t know before you read them. If you already know all this, talk about where you learned it. The Social Contract Is Breaking, and AI Is Holding the Hammer by Rohit Thakur was eye opening. I...
Blog Post 7: The Impact of AI on Workers
In the YouTube video How AI Uses Our Drinking Water, they explain how much water AI systems require. I knew data centers used a lot of water, but I didn’t understand why. Now I know that it’s mainly for cooling, and AI is using so much energy that the systems...
Blog post 7
1. BBC Video on AI Water Use I genuinely didn’t know how much water AI systems use, especially the fact that massive amounts of clean water are needed just to cool data centers. I had heard about AI’s energy use, but not the water footprint. The BBC wanted to...
Blog Post 7
After going through the readings and the BBC video, the biggest thing that stuck with me is how AI is impacting way more than I expected. The Medium article talked about the “social contract” breaking because technology is advancing faster than our ability to manage...
Blog post 7
Before I read “Behind the Curtain: A white-collar bloodbath:”, I had not considered how other technological advances have wiped out jobs in the past, but how AI is also different. Other inventions created opportunities for new jobs, but as AI advances and begins to do...
Blog 7
Both VandeHei and Allen's article and Mattlar's critique examine the rapid rise of artificial intelligence and its consequences for workers. Still, they offer sharply different interpretations of what is actually driving layoffs. Both agree that AI poses significant...
Blog Post 7 – Zaina Allen
Part 1: In the BBC video, “How AI Uses Our Drinking Water,” I believe the main point is that AI uses a huge amount of water and energy, far more than most people realize, and that the rapid growth of AI is putting pressure on local water supplies and the environment....
AI, Layoffs, and I Will Not Panic
The three articles about AI and layoffs are eye-opening!! Honestly, it felt like watching someone reorganise the world while I’m still trying to find the “snooze” button on my alarm. Thakur’s article hits first with a CEO bragging on Reddit about replacing workers...
Post 7- AI experiment and article review
I would like to start by pointing out one thing that I found interesting and a little hypocritical about the video. On a few occasions a statement is made by area experts opposed to the current trends in AI use where they state that the creators, and parties involved...
Blog Post 7 – AI
Summary of material: 1. After reading “The Social Contract Is Breaking, and AI Is Holding the Hammer,” I realized something I hadn’t fully understood before: some leaders are openly celebrating using AI as a way to justify layoffs, almost bragging about replacing...