I asked AI to tell me a joke, and it said, Why did the tomato blush at the vegetable party? It overheard the carrots talking about their steamy encounter in the stew. After hearing this joke, I realized that the threat of AI is much worse than anyone thought. They're going to kill us all with Wardo.   Privacy Academy with Eric meter. Today's episode is all about the good, the bad and the ugly parts of AI. And quite honestly, AI is one of the most fascinating topics in the world.   As a kid, I heard people talking about AI, but it was always in science fiction. I can't believe that we're seeing AI at the level that exists already today. And AI grows exponentially.   That means in five to 10 years, we can see unpredictable levels of change. If we look at how technology has ramped over the years, the internet sped things up greatly. Then the smartphone changed the way that we live.   Now AI is leading the charge for shaping our future. And while it's interesting, there's a lot of concerning things to consider with it. First off, we have to ask the really hard hitting question of what even is consciousness? Like, for example, is it the ability to perceive reality? Because if that's the case, and we do assign value to consciousness, does that mean someone who is more aware or more smart is more valuable? No, I don't think so.   But at a certain point, if AI gets advanced enough, I wonder if it can actually perceive things like we do. Now let me take a step back and say, I'm not an expert on AI or how it's coded or any of that stuff. That's fine though, because I'm not talking about high level stuff in this episode, like how to build your own AI or anything.   AI has been trained by humans. So in a way, it thinks similar to humans. Not on an emotional level, but logically in some ways.   But there's another issue. It's smarter than any human that exists. And if we give it the power to make decisions, then it could make a huge mistake.   I was recently watching an episode with Joe Rogan and Elon Musk, and Elon Musk brought up an interesting point. He gave this scenario. Let's say you go to AI and you tell it sexism is bad.   And we ask the question, how can we end sexism forever? Then the AI will sit and go, hmm, let me think about this. Well, sexism is a trait of the human race. So if we want to end sexism forever, then the answer would be to eliminate the human race.   Whoa, whoa, okay, hold on. Yeah, just because it's smarter than humans doesn't mean it can't make mistakes. And I think you can tell that would be a pretty serious mistake to make.   On a similar note, I've had many people ask me the question of, is AI evil? And to me, it's a pretty complicated question, actually. But the simple answer is no. At least at this point, AI is just a tool.   And that tool can be used for good and it can be used for bad. The question gets more complicated when you realize that AI is coded with bias and that a lot of the power behind it comes from its developers. I will say that personally, I have been resistant to AI.   Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I don't like the idea of AI taking over every part of my life. In fact, I think we already are cyborgs in a way. And we're heading into that direction further and further away from our natural state.   That brings on even more philosophical questions like, is modern technology a form of human evolution? Do emotions and social structures only exist as survival mechanics because we are pack animals that are designed to operate together? Is AI an evolved version of man with no corporeal body? Well, to answer those questions, I'd simply say, that's up for debate. Me personally, I believe in God and a higher power. But you, you have to figure that out for yourself.   So let's stop with all the philosophical questions. And let's talk about some real things that are happening to the world because of AI. First, let's talk about AI deepfake technology.   And let me give you a great example of this. Have you ever seen the movie Terminator? Do you remember that scene where he picks up the phone and he perfectly mimics that lady's voice? Well, AI can do that now, in fact. And I'm sure with all of the videos that I have out there, AI could listen to my voice and mimic me to say whatever it wants me to say.   The same thing goes for videos. People's faces can be imposed onto different bodies and entire fake videos can be made. I remember when I was a kid and Photoshop became very popular.   And I started wanting to learn it because I wanted to make dumb pictures like cats turning into strawberries and sharks jumping out of a banana. But it brought up another issue with Photoshop. It made it very hard to determine if a photo was real or not.   It really obfuscated everything. And now with deepfake technology, almost any video or audio can be faked. I mean, think about it.   This technology will surely be used to frame people and ruin their reputations. Another disturbing use of it is it's being used in the porn industry to superimpose normal people's faces onto porn actors. Just take a second to think about how messed up that is.   And it's also being used in the scam industry. AI scams are fast becoming one of the most dangerous form of scam out there. Now, manpower is not needed for scammers.   They can have AI chatbots or even in really advanced cases, they can use AI on calls like what I was saying in Terminator. And remember, all of this stuff is publicly available. So that brings on the question, what level of technology do you think the government has behind the scenes? Well, speaking of Terminator, we can thank Boston Dynamics for creating our own personal robot apocalypse.   For some reason, their CEO must have grown up watching Terminator and iRobot and thought to themselves, wait a minute, I want to do that. Boston Dynamics is terrifying. These robots can run, they can jump, and they can do so many crazy physical feats.   I've also seen people using AI on guns to create a lock-on system where it targets like balloons. For example, there's a row of balloons. Some of them are blue, some of them are red.   And they say, shoot all the blue balloons. And then the gun goes, and then all the blue balloons are shot. I would rather we just go back to ice cream parlors and social gatherings instead of just teaching robots to shoot balloons from a mile away.   I don't think that's a good idea. And I don't want to be all down in the dumps about it, right? At least AI can generate cool images fast, right? Yeah, but I've just breached the tip of the iceberg when it comes to AI threats. Another massive threat is AI spyware.   AI spyware is going to capture as much information on everyone possible through their devices. Windows and Apple are prime culprits for this. Windows released an AI called Copilot.   One of the core features of Copilot is the recall feature in which it will take a screenshot of your computer every second, and then AI will analyze it. And I want to be clear here, this AI will understand everything that you do. It will watch you every second of the day, never blinking, never missing anything.   This is important to understand about AI because although it's not conscious, it is self-learning, and it will learn everything about you. And as I've said countless times, information is power. And the more information they have about you, the more power they have over you.   And yes, Apple's new Apple intelligence is even more powerful than Microsoft's Copilot. My father and I've talked about this in detail over the last year. Moving over to Linux is essential to getting private and out of the big tech ecosystem.   So if you're interested in that, I would recommend that you check out our website. It's called privacycomputers.com and then get a private Linux computer. I really believe that AI was created mainly because of the large amount of data that's being collected on us every day.   They needed a system that would profile everyone and analyze the high amount of data that's collected. So is AI bad? A lot of bad things can be done with it, but here's something that we have to understand. Technology does not move backwards.   As much as we don't like it, it's here and it's going to keep moving. I often compare AI to guns. Are guns evil? No, but they can be used for evil.   They can also be used to protect yourself and your loved ones. They can be used for hunting, for gathering food. Guns are the great equalizer and AI has the chance to be an equalizer as well.   The key is we have to have open source AI. That means people can go in and audit the AI's code. This will help a lot to determine if the AI has bias or not.   Two, we need to move away from big tech AI and rather switch to local AI that doesn't leave your computer. I've been messing around with some local AI and it's actually pretty fun. There are some really powerful benefits that will soon come from AI as well.   For example, the US law code is ridiculous. Just the IRS's tax laws alone are so all encompassing that it would take forever to read and also it basically makes it so everyone breaks a law just off the bat. With AI, it can read everything and put things in simple English.   That way you can understand it. Another thing that'll be great is AI will soon be used to help prevent scams as well as by detecting scams and warning users. It's basically like a game of cat and mouse.   I've also heard some wonderful uses of AI in the medical world like early detection of cancer. But even with the good aspects of AI, I'm still concerned though. Why? The importance of informed consent.   If I'm allowing a device that is smarter than me to do all of my tasks, one, I'm signing over my personal autonomy to it. Two, I'm trusting that it'll work for my best interest. Three, I could become reliant on using it.   I've said this a few times, but I'll say it again. My great-grandfather built his entire house with his hands and I'm not saying that like I'm bragging about my great-grandfather. What I'm saying is nowadays, most people can't do even the most simple things.   It's because we've outsourced everything that we do. We're very specialized people and we don't have a jack of all trades. So by living in a smart world, we have become very dumb people.   But I am seeing a pushback against this. I mean, sometimes I wonder when Elon starts rolling out the Neuralink brain chips and AI becomes an even bigger part of our life, if we're going to see a large portion of people opt out of modern technology. And speaking for the younger generation, there are many of my peers that don't like AI and don't want a chip in their brain ever.   It's interesting because usually the youth is excited for innovation, but it seems like we're reaching such an intense time in history that even the youth can see how dangerous these things can be. I'd like to see a renaissance of analog. I'd love to see cities that are dedicated to social events, farmers markets, jazz clubs, and real gatherings.   As we've grown further and further, it seems like being offline is the real luxury now. And yes, AI will keep growing. Boston Dynamics will create the T2000 and AI can beat any chess player in the world, even if they don't have a queen.   But there's still hope for humanity. And before I end this video, I want to thank this week's sponsor, AI Script Writer. This video was entirely written by AI Script Writer.   I didn't write it at all. Eric is actually hiking with his dogs right now, and this is a deep fake video. Just kidding.   The only thing written by AI in this video was that awful joke about vegetable stew. Bye.