Post #10- The Age of AI

 Age Of AI

The film introduced AlphaGo, an AI program created by Google that plays the North Korean board game Go which was said to be effective as, if not more than, a human player (pictured below). After the computer beat the worlds best Go player the industry’s interest in utilizing AI shot through the roof. The film also explained the field of AI in itself, and our country’s competition in its advancements with China. It is terrifying to think of a country like China, a state which already violates their citizens' freedoms and rights to privacy, is surpassing our AI technology. Although there is an existing lack of accountability within our country’s tech industries, the big tech companies still can be held accountable by the people of the country and the government to a certain extent. By our markets boycotting these wrongdoings and using our freedom of speech, and our constitutional rights with lawsuits we can slightly protect ourselves more than other countries can like China in this case. Which is key in our world the more AI grows year to year.

Towards the end, the film also commented on the shocking amount of information and detail the evil Google holds about individuals and their online presence. This raises many questions about our rights to privacy when using a service or business. In my opinion, it is also up to us as consumers to hold these big businesses accountable. However, I think the real responsibility is with these companies to be more transparent about how our information is being used and stored, instead of hiding it in their fineprint. Google has already admitted to extreme abuses of their power, like intentionally manipulating and/or biasing information for its viewers. These dilemmas intertwine with our dependence on technology and these providers, as our daily lives could not function half as effectively without access to them. I never would have realized how heavily technologies in this video impact our daily lives, rights, and future trajectories as a society.