The Hated One

Why you shouldn't believe the AI extinction lie

There is a powerful motivation to keep you thinking that AI is an existential threat. [0]

That we should treat it with the same level of urgency as a nuclear war or a global pandemic. [1]

And yet, we shouldn’t stop developing AI. We should accelerate it as fast as we can. As long as...

Episode 194 - Powerful groups are trying to steal AI from you

You could have open access to AI, but there is a powerful group of wealthy elites and lobbyists, that want to prevent that.

Episode 193 - The big tech is trying to regulate open source AI out of existence

The big tech is lobbying governments around the world to essentially regulated against open source and open access artificial intelligence. They want to restrict who gets to develop and distribute AI.

Episode 192 - Banning TikTok the worst possible way

The US government has banned TikTok unless the company sells.

Are you pro or agains the TikTok ban in the US?

The US Senates has passed a bill that forces TikTok to sell or get banned from the country. Do you agree with this decision?

More here: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/23/technol...

[NOTES] AI Takeover

These are my research notes for my latest video series on how big tech and shady network of organizations attempt to hijack AI regulation to cement their monopolistic positions.

How AI makers manipulate your government with FEAR

This script is part of my upcoming video series on artificial intelligence.

Episode 191 - Dune movies are NOT Dune books and you will suffer for it

Dune movies have ventured way too far from the source material by Frank Herbert. Here is why you should really not trust authorities.

Episode 190 - World War III Is Not Happening And Here Is Why

I don't think a WIII is coming. A lot of people have been saying that for a while but I think there first have to be signs for a global conflict to occur. Here are the signs to be looking out for.

Announcement: Changes to upload structure and releasing more for free

Hello everyone! The bi-weekly upload structure has not been working for me for a while now. I still will be releasing about 8 podcast episodes a month. But they will be released on case-by-case basis. This allows the flexibility to gather enough content and material to release better quality epis...

Tools and resources for better story telling in my videos?

Tl;dr Do you know of any great sources I can use to learn to tell better stories that reach a wider audience? Where do you think I am doing things wrong?

I have never been a story teller. I have always focused on research and thought that research alone is just as interesting to others as i...

AI Will Wage Wars Over Water

This is a secret, but the future wars over water, will be waged by the big tech and AI.

For decades, experts have been warning us that we are running out of available fresh water. Some even suggested that a few major conflicts in recent history may have been spurred up by water scarcity. [0...

AI Water Wars Are Coming [Work In Progress]

Intro

This is a secret, but the future wars over water, will be waged by the big tech and AI.

For decades, experts have been warning us that we are running out of available fresh water. Some even suggested that a few major conflicts in recent history may have been spurred up by wate...

Episode 189 - Why big tech water consumption is an existential problem

The big tech is growing and with it its thirst for scarce water resources is growing too. This is unsustainable, even though their water consumption only amounts to few percentage points of the total water usage by human activity. This is why it's a major problem.

Episode 188 - AI hype will cause water conflicts around the globe

The religious thought leaders hyping up AI are steering global policy to prioritize big tech expansion, creating tensions and competition with other life essential needs. This is gonna result in conflicts around the world.

Episode 187 - Should I MrBeast-ify my channel?

YouTube is exploiting MrBeast's content format to the point of total platform capture. It's only the style of "retention editing" perfected by MrBeast that gets to the top. Even other content genres, such as educational or tech YouTubers are copying this format. What should i do?

Episode 186 - How YouTube uses my audience against my channel

YouTube's authoritative content policies make it hard for channels like mine to reach wider audiences. Here is why it's happening and what can be done about it.

Episode 185 - Signal has finally implemented nicknames. Here's why that's not enough.

Signal has finally introduced nick names that can be used in place of phone numbers to connect contacts. Here is why this is not enough. 

Episode 184 - AI prompt injection is a security nightmare

Prompt injection attacks are a major new security vulnerability that has no clear solution in sight. It's similar to JavaScript vulnerabilities, which are one of the most frequently exploited attack vectors by hackers. All chatbots and generative AI models are vulnerable to prompt injection attac...

Don't fall for the techno-optimist propaganda

It's coming online soon!

Episode 183 - The AI hype is obnoxious and wrong

AI won't solve all of our problems, nor will it destroy the world. AI is a very flawed and limited tool implemented for use cases it was never meant for.

Episode 182 - The world is not gonna end, so it's good only billions will suffer...

Reductio ad asburdum, but there is this new trend among some scientist to not worry about climate change because we have supposedly avoided the most catastrophic 6-degree warming. Well a 3-degree warming is also catastrophic and we could have avoided it.

Ritchie's Tad talk: 2024-02-23 14:31:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Footnote - There are more problems with the Our World In Data article

This as supplemental footnote of sorts to my latest video essay on Our World In Data and their article on smallholder farming.  https://youtu.be/bU8UR_T8SV4

I recommend that you watch the video first.  This podca...

The Fallacy Of Our World In Data

There is an increasing amount of content sponsored by billionaire philanthropies. From small YouTube channels through established media companies. Billionaire funded videos, articles, publications and research are becoming ubiquitous. It’s not the money that worries me. It’s the influence net...

Episode 180 - How to actually solve world hunger

Should we rely on billionaire interest to secure our food supply? Or should we decentralize?

The UN's proposed solutions: https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/hunger/#tab-6f500...

Episode 179 - You'll be sick and you'll be happy

If sick people don't get their medicine, market equilibrium will eventually be reached. 

Read the draft: https://apps.who.int/gb/inb/pdf_files/inb4/A_INB4_3-en.pdf

Lick the boot: 2024-02-07 12:39:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Episode 178 - How long can we keep this going?

"Don't ask questions, just consume product! Then get excited for next product!"

You'll be hungry and you'll be happy

And you'll thank Bill Gates for it...

Below is an excerpt from the report I read in the intro of this episode

https://archive.globalpolicy.org/images/pd...

Our World In Lies

[This is a script for my latest video on food supply and billionaire influence on online content about it]

There is an increasing amount of content sponsored by billionaire philanthropies. From small YouTube channels through established media companies. Billionaire funded videos, articles, ...

Episode 176 - Why is so much online content now billionaire funded?

Watch out for these names - Give Well, Earn To Give, 80,000 hours, Open Philathropy, Gates Notes, Breakthrough Energy, Gates Foundation, and others...