1 00:00:05,538 --> 00:00:30,196 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:30,196 --> 00:00:31,765 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 3 00:00:31,765 --> 00:00:33,233 John: WELCOME, WELCOME, 4 00:00:33,233 --> 00:00:34,501 WELCOME TO "LAST WEEK TONIGHT"! 5 00:00:34,501 --> 00:00:36,136 I'M JOHN OLIVER, THANKS SO MUCH 6 00:00:36,136 --> 00:00:40,974 FOR JOINING US. 7 00:00:40,974 --> 00:00:41,474 IT HAS BEEN A BUSY WEEK. 8 00:00:41,474 --> 00:00:42,108 RUSSIA'S WAR IN UKRAINE ENTERED 9 00:00:42,108 --> 00:00:42,809 ITS SECOND YEAR, MASSIVE WINTER 10 00:00:42,809 --> 00:00:44,811 STORMS SLAMMED A LOT OF THE 11 00:00:44,811 --> 00:00:45,378 COUNTRY, AND EAST PALESTINE, 12 00:00:45,378 --> 00:00:46,413 OHIO GOT VISITS FROM BOTH 13 00:00:46,413 --> 00:00:47,547 DONALD TRUMP AND PETE BUTTIGIEG, 14 00:00:47,547 --> 00:00:51,985 BUT SOME FOX PERSONALITIES 15 00:00:51,985 --> 00:00:53,520 INSISTED THAT OTHERS SHOULD'VE 16 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:53,920 BEEN THERE, TOO. 17 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:55,021 THINK ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL 18 00:00:55,021 --> 00:00:55,922 ACTIVISTS AND CORPORATE AMERICA. 19 00:00:55,922 --> 00:00:57,624 THEY WEREN'T THERE. 20 00:00:57,624 --> 00:00:59,359 I MEAN THIS, WITH THE ACTIVISTS, 21 00:00:59,359 --> 00:01:00,493 THIS IS AN ERIN BROCKOVICH 22 00:01:00,493 --> 00:01:00,960 MOMENT. 23 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:02,929 I MEAN THERE WAS A BLOCKBUSTER 24 00:01:02,929 --> 00:01:03,963 OSCAR-WINNING MOVIE WRITTEN 25 00:01:03,963 --> 00:01:05,165 ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS. 26 00:01:05,165 --> 00:01:05,799 WHERE IS LEO DICAPRIO? 27 00:01:05,799 --> 00:01:07,200 ERIN BROCKOVICH IS ACTUALLY 28 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:08,134 IN EAST PALESTINE TONIGHT, RIGHT 29 00:01:08,134 --> 00:01:08,768 NOW. 30 00:01:08,768 --> 00:01:10,737 SHE IS, SHE IS, BUT WHERE'S 31 00:01:10,737 --> 00:01:12,872 JULIA ROBERTS? 32 00:01:12,872 --> 00:01:15,308 John: WHAT ARE YOU TALKING 33 00:01:15,308 --> 00:01:17,110 ABOUT? 34 00:01:17,110 --> 00:01:18,244 YOU REALIZE JULIA ROBERTS IS AN 35 00:01:18,244 --> 00:01:21,080 ACTOR RIGHT? 36 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:22,348 SHE'S NOT ACTUALLY 37 00:01:22,348 --> 00:01:24,384 ERIN BROCKOVICH. 38 00:01:24,384 --> 00:01:25,385 ALSO, AND I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M 39 00:01:25,385 --> 00:01:27,620 THE ONE THAT HAS TO BREAK THIS 40 00:01:27,620 --> 00:01:28,822 TO YOU, SHE DIDN'T ACTUALLY 41 00:01:28,822 --> 00:01:29,456 RUIN HER BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING. 42 00:01:29,456 --> 00:01:30,190 SHE'S NOT A SEX WORKER. 43 00:01:30,190 --> 00:01:31,191 AND SHE DID NOT DIE IN A SMALL 44 00:01:31,191 --> 00:01:36,863 LOUISIANA TOWN IN 1989. 45 00:01:36,863 --> 00:01:37,497 WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU? 46 00:01:37,497 --> 00:01:38,231 WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO STAY IN 47 00:01:38,231 --> 00:01:39,566 THE WORLD OF CONSERVATIVE MEDIA 48 00:01:39,566 --> 00:01:43,269 TONIGHT, BECAUSE IT HAD SOME BIG 49 00:01:43,269 --> 00:01:43,636 NEWS THIS WEEK. 50 00:01:43,636 --> 00:01:44,204 THE EMBATTLED LEADER AND 51 00:01:44,204 --> 00:01:45,772 FOUNDER OF PROJECT VERITAS HAS 52 00:01:45,772 --> 00:01:47,140 BEEN REMOVED FROM HIS POST. 53 00:01:47,140 --> 00:01:48,675 JAMES O'KEEFE CONFIRMED THAT 54 00:01:48,675 --> 00:01:50,243 HE'S NO LONGER WITH THE 55 00:01:50,243 --> 00:01:51,845 CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATION. 56 00:01:51,845 --> 00:01:53,379 IT'S KNOWN FOR UNDERCOVER 57 00:01:53,379 --> 00:01:54,581 OPERATIONS TARGETING DEMOCRATS, 58 00:01:54,581 --> 00:01:55,949 LIBERALS, AND THE MEDIA. 59 00:01:55,949 --> 00:01:57,250 John: YEAH, JAMES O'KEEFE-- 60 00:01:57,250 --> 00:02:00,053 BASICALLY, ALT-RIGHT BORAT-- IS 61 00:02:00,053 --> 00:02:01,354 OUT AT PROJECT VERITAS. 62 00:02:01,354 --> 00:02:02,489 AND, QUICK SHOUTOUT TO THAT 63 00:02:02,489 --> 00:02:03,623 ANCHOR FOR THE HELPFUL 64 00:02:03,623 --> 00:02:04,491 DISTINCTION THERE BETWEEN 65 00:02:04,491 --> 00:02:05,024 "DEMOCRATS AND LIBERALS." 66 00:02:05,024 --> 00:02:06,459 IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING, 67 00:02:06,459 --> 00:02:08,561 LIBERALS ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE 68 00:02:08,561 --> 00:02:09,729 THOSE "WE BELIEVE" SIGNS IN 69 00:02:09,729 --> 00:02:11,698 THEIR FRONT YARDS, AND DEMOCRATS 70 00:02:11,698 --> 00:02:12,765 ENSURE THOSE FRONT YARDS REMAIN 71 00:02:12,765 --> 00:02:13,399 AT LEAST 50 MILES AWAY FROM ANY 72 00:02:13,399 --> 00:02:15,602 PUBLIC HOUSING. 73 00:02:15,602 --> 00:02:16,503 AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO JAMES 74 00:02:16,503 --> 00:02:18,204 O'KEEFE IS, WE'LL EXPLAIN IN 75 00:02:18,204 --> 00:02:20,974 JUST A MOMENT. 76 00:02:20,974 --> 00:02:21,574 BUT KNOW THAT HE'S BEEN A BIG 77 00:02:21,574 --> 00:02:22,175 DEAL IN RIGHT-WING MEDIA FOR A 78 00:02:22,175 --> 00:02:24,010 WHILE NOW. 79 00:02:24,010 --> 00:02:24,878 AND NEWS OF HIS DEPARTURE DID 80 00:02:24,878 --> 00:02:26,145 NOT GO OVER WELL. 81 00:02:26,145 --> 00:02:27,413 SO, JAMES O'KEEFE HAS NOW 82 00:02:27,413 --> 00:02:28,248 APPARENTLY BEEN THROWN OUT OF 83 00:02:28,248 --> 00:02:29,616 PROJECT VERITAS, WHICH MEANS 84 00:02:29,616 --> 00:02:31,885 PROJECT VERITAS NO LONGER HAS, 85 00:02:31,885 --> 00:02:33,186 LIKE, ANY REASON FOR BEING. 86 00:02:33,186 --> 00:02:34,153 WHEN YOU TELL ME YOU ARE 87 00:02:34,153 --> 00:02:34,754 GETTING RID OF JAMES O'KEEFE, 88 00:02:34,754 --> 00:02:35,388 YOU TELL ME THAT PROJECT VERITAS 89 00:02:35,388 --> 00:02:37,457 IS OVER. 90 00:02:37,457 --> 00:02:39,092 IT'S UNCONSCIONABLE WHAT WENT 91 00:02:39,092 --> 00:02:41,127 ON HERE. 92 00:02:41,127 --> 00:02:41,928 UNCONSCIONABLE FOR OUR MOVEMENT. 93 00:02:41,928 --> 00:02:44,564 AND FOR THE NATION AT LARGE. 94 00:02:44,564 --> 00:02:45,198 JAMES O'KEEFE IS A NATIONAL 95 00:02:45,198 --> 00:02:46,633 TREASURE, FULL STOP. 96 00:02:46,633 --> 00:02:49,068 John: WOW, STRONG WORDS THERE 97 00:02:49,068 --> 00:02:50,703 FROM THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS 98 00:02:50,703 --> 00:02:53,172 "BEEN DEAD FOR THREE WEEKS." 99 00:02:53,172 --> 00:02:54,707 BUT I HAVE TO DISAGREE. 100 00:02:54,707 --> 00:02:55,675 THE ONLY NATIONAL TREASURES IN 101 00:02:55,675 --> 00:02:57,911 THIS COUNTRY ARE DOLLY PARTON, 102 00:02:57,911 --> 00:02:59,178 PEDRO PASCAL, AND COCAINE BEAR. 103 00:02:59,178 --> 00:03:02,749 AND I'LL SAY WHAT WE'RE ALL 104 00:03:02,749 --> 00:03:04,884 THINKING, "THREESOME WHEN?" 105 00:03:04,884 --> 00:03:05,885 JAMES O'KEEFE FIRST ROSE TO 106 00:03:05,885 --> 00:03:07,353 NATIONAL PROMINENCE IN 2009 WHEN 107 00:03:07,353 --> 00:03:09,255 HE CLAIMED HE'D GONE UNDERCOVER 108 00:03:09,255 --> 00:03:11,357 AS A PIMP, AND RECEIVED 109 00:03:11,357 --> 00:03:12,959 ASSISTANCE FROM ACORN, A 110 00:03:12,959 --> 00:03:13,693 COMMUNITY ORGANIZING GROUP THAT 111 00:03:13,693 --> 00:03:14,761 HELPED LOW INCOME FAMILIES. 112 00:03:14,761 --> 00:03:15,862 O'KEEFE'S STUNT LED TO ITS 113 00:03:15,862 --> 00:03:18,364 DISSOLUTION, EVEN THOUGH LATER 114 00:03:18,364 --> 00:03:19,566 INVESTIGATIONS FOUND, AMONG 115 00:03:19,566 --> 00:03:21,234 OTHER THINGS, THAT HE HADN'T 116 00:03:21,234 --> 00:03:22,101 DRESSED LIKE THAT DURING HIS 117 00:03:22,101 --> 00:03:23,803 STING OPERATION, AND SOME ACORN 118 00:03:23,803 --> 00:03:25,905 WORKERS HAD ACTUALLY CALLED THE 119 00:03:25,905 --> 00:03:26,639 POLICE AFTER HE LEFT THEIR 120 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:27,206 OFFICE. 121 00:03:27,206 --> 00:03:29,008 O'KEEFE EVEN WOUND UP HAVING TO 122 00:03:29,008 --> 00:03:30,977 PAY $100,000 TO SETTLE A LAWSUIT 123 00:03:30,977 --> 00:03:34,047 FROM ONE OF ACORN'S WORKERS. 124 00:03:34,047 --> 00:03:35,782 O'KEEFE PARLAYED HIS FAME FROM 125 00:03:35,782 --> 00:03:37,250 THAT INTO LAUNCHING PROJECT 126 00:03:37,250 --> 00:03:38,685 VERITAS, WHICH QUICKLY BECAME 127 00:03:38,685 --> 00:03:40,420 KNOWN FOR THEIR UNDERCOVER, 128 00:03:40,420 --> 00:03:41,187 HIDDEN-CAMERA INVESTIGATIONS, 129 00:03:41,187 --> 00:03:42,655 WHERE THEY'D BAIT PEOPLE FROM 130 00:03:42,655 --> 00:03:44,290 ORGANIZATIONS LIKE NPR OR LOCAL 131 00:03:44,290 --> 00:03:45,592 ELECTIONS BOARDS AND RELEASE 132 00:03:45,592 --> 00:03:47,026 HEAVILY-EDITED VIDEO OF THE 133 00:03:47,026 --> 00:03:48,861 RESULTS. 134 00:03:48,861 --> 00:03:49,696 OVER THE YEARS, THEY'VE MADE BIG 135 00:03:49,696 --> 00:03:51,698 CLAIMS, LIKE THAT THEY HAD 136 00:03:51,698 --> 00:03:59,172 UNDENIABLE VIDEO PROOF OF VOTER 137 00:03:59,172 --> 00:03:59,806 FRAUD, WHICH NEVER QUITE PANNED 138 00:03:59,806 --> 00:03:59,973 OUT. 139 00:03:59,973 --> 00:04:00,573 BUT DESPITE THEIR CONSISTENTLY 140 00:04:00,573 --> 00:04:01,140 UNDERWHELMING TRACK RECORD, 141 00:04:01,140 --> 00:04:01,741 CONSERVATIVE MEDIA HAS GREETED 142 00:04:01,741 --> 00:04:02,241 EACH INVESTIGATION WITH 143 00:04:02,241 --> 00:04:04,477 INCREDIBLE EXCITEMENT. 144 00:04:04,477 --> 00:04:06,179 A BOMBSHELL NEW VIDEO 145 00:04:06,179 --> 00:04:07,780 UNCOVERED BY JAMES O'KEEFE AND 146 00:04:07,780 --> 00:04:09,148 PROJECT VERITAS. 147 00:04:09,148 --> 00:04:10,249 THERE IS A NEW PROJECT 148 00:04:10,249 --> 00:04:11,618 VERITAS VIDEO OUT TONIGHT. 149 00:04:11,618 --> 00:04:13,252 THE SPOTLIGHT TODAY IS ON 150 00:04:13,252 --> 00:04:14,320 THIS UNDERCOVER VIDEO RELEASED 151 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:16,122 BY PROJECT VERITAS. 152 00:04:16,122 --> 00:04:17,991 THE NEW PROJECT VERITAS VIDEO 153 00:04:17,991 --> 00:04:19,525 REVEALING YET ANOTHER MEDIA 154 00:04:19,525 --> 00:04:21,427 COVER-UP. 155 00:04:21,427 --> 00:04:22,895 PROJECT VERITAS CAUGHT THEM 156 00:04:22,895 --> 00:04:23,763 COLD AGAIN. 157 00:04:23,763 --> 00:04:24,998 John: YEAH, PROJECT VERITAS 158 00:04:24,998 --> 00:04:26,833 VIDEOS ARE BASICALLY THE THING 159 00:04:26,833 --> 00:04:27,967 CONSERVATIVES GET MOST WORKED UP 160 00:04:27,967 --> 00:04:29,402 ABOUT, A DISTINCTION THEY SHARE 161 00:04:29,402 --> 00:04:32,105 WITH "PLASTIC COMING IN OTHER 162 00:04:32,105 --> 00:04:32,705 COLORS NOW" OR "FUCKABLE CANDY 163 00:04:32,705 --> 00:04:33,906 GOT COMFORTABLE SHOES." 164 00:04:33,906 --> 00:04:36,209 BUT THANKS TO THE MEDIA STORMS 165 00:04:36,209 --> 00:04:36,976 HE CREATED, O'KEEFE BROUGHT IN A 166 00:04:36,976 --> 00:04:43,750 LOT OF MONEY TO PROJECT VERITAS. 167 00:04:43,750 --> 00:04:44,350 IT RAISED ABOUT $22 MILLION IN 168 00:04:44,350 --> 00:04:44,550 2020. 169 00:04:44,550 --> 00:04:45,118 SO YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING, WHY 170 00:04:45,118 --> 00:04:46,786 WOULD HE BE KICKED OUT? 171 00:04:46,786 --> 00:04:47,854 WELL, FOR ONE, O'KEEFE'S BEEN 172 00:04:47,854 --> 00:04:49,489 ACCUSED OF BEING A TERRIBLE 173 00:04:49,489 --> 00:04:50,223 MANAGER, WITH AN INTERNAL MEMO 174 00:04:50,223 --> 00:04:53,326 SIGNED BY 16 STAFFERS 175 00:04:53,326 --> 00:04:54,827 COMPLAINING OF VERBAL ABUSE. 176 00:04:54,827 --> 00:04:56,596 THE MEMO EVEN INCLUDED THE LINE, 177 00:04:56,596 --> 00:04:57,830 "RULE NUMBER ONE: YOU CAN'T SPIT 178 00:04:57,830 --> 00:04:59,032 IN AN EMPLOYEE'S FACE OVER A 179 00:04:59,032 --> 00:05:00,533 TWEET." 180 00:05:00,533 --> 00:05:01,701 AND HOW MANY TIMES HAS THAT 181 00:05:01,701 --> 00:05:02,502 HAPPENED IF IT'S RULE NUMBER 182 00:05:02,502 --> 00:05:04,871 ONE? 183 00:05:04,871 --> 00:05:12,679 BECAUSE IN OUR OFFICE, RULE 184 00:05:12,679 --> 00:05:13,780 NUMBER ONE IS "DON'T GIVE 185 00:05:13,780 --> 00:05:15,081 MR. NUTTERBUTTER COCAINE," AND 186 00:05:15,081 --> 00:05:17,183 THAT HAD TO HAPPEN THREE TIMES 187 00:05:17,183 --> 00:05:17,784 BEFORE ANYONE THOUGHT TO WRITE 188 00:05:17,784 --> 00:05:18,451 IT DOWN. 189 00:05:18,451 --> 00:05:19,018 BUT PERHAPS THE MOST SERIOUS 190 00:05:19,018 --> 00:05:19,886 ALLEGATION IS THAT O'KEEFE HAD 191 00:05:19,886 --> 00:05:20,386 JEOPARDIZED THE GROUP'S 192 00:05:20,386 --> 00:05:21,754 NON-PROFIT STATUS, BECAUSE HE'D 193 00:05:21,754 --> 00:05:22,321 SPENT AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF 194 00:05:22,321 --> 00:05:23,456 DONOR FUNDS ON PERSONAL 195 00:05:23,456 --> 00:05:23,723 LUXURIES. 196 00:05:23,723 --> 00:05:25,591 NOW, O'KEEFE DENIED MANY OF 197 00:05:25,591 --> 00:05:26,259 THOSE CLAIMS IN THE, I SHIT YOU 198 00:05:26,259 --> 00:05:27,960 NOT, 45 MINUTE RESIGNATION 199 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:29,796 SPEECH HE SHARED ONLINE ON 200 00:05:29,796 --> 00:05:31,564 MONDAY. 201 00:05:31,564 --> 00:05:35,168 BUT THE FACT IS, THE 202 00:05:35,168 --> 00:05:35,835 ORGANIZATION REPORTED TO THE IRS 203 00:05:35,835 --> 00:05:36,903 LAST YEAR THAT IT HAD IMPROPERLY 204 00:05:36,903 --> 00:05:39,539 PAID $20,000 IN EXCESS BENEFITS 205 00:05:39,539 --> 00:05:41,140 TO O'KEEFE, SPECIFYING THEY 206 00:05:41,140 --> 00:05:42,341 RELATED TO THE EXPENSE OF HAVING 207 00:05:42,341 --> 00:05:43,710 STAFF ACCOMPANY HIM WHEN HE 208 00:05:43,710 --> 00:05:45,044 STARRED IN AN OUTDOOR PRODUCTION 209 00:05:45,044 --> 00:05:48,214 OF "OKLAHOMA!" 210 00:05:48,214 --> 00:05:49,649 AND AT THIS POINT, LET'S SLOW 211 00:05:49,649 --> 00:05:50,750 DOWN. 212 00:05:50,750 --> 00:05:51,384 BECAUSE THE MOST AMAZING DETAIL 213 00:05:51,384 --> 00:05:54,754 IN THIS STORY IS THE DEGREE TO 214 00:05:54,754 --> 00:05:55,354 WHICH O'KEEFE IS OBSESSED WITH 215 00:05:55,354 --> 00:05:56,456 FINDING OPPORTUNITIES TO SING 216 00:05:56,456 --> 00:05:58,191 AND DANCE IN PUBLIC. 217 00:05:58,191 --> 00:05:58,825 THAT "OKLAHOMA!" PRODUCTION WAS 218 00:05:58,825 --> 00:06:00,460 BILLED AS FEATURING PERFORMERS 219 00:06:00,460 --> 00:06:01,060 WHO'D BEEN VICTIMS OF "CANCEL 220 00:06:01,060 --> 00:06:02,028 CULTURE." 221 00:06:02,028 --> 00:06:03,463 O'KEEFE HIMSELF TOOK THE LEAD 222 00:06:03,463 --> 00:06:05,865 ROLE, AND VIDEOS OF IT ON 223 00:06:05,865 --> 00:06:06,199 YOUTUBE SHOW. 224 00:06:06,199 --> 00:06:08,868 HE FULLY COMMITTED TO IT. 225 00:06:08,868 --> 00:06:13,139 OKLAHOMA! 226 00:06:13,139 --> 00:06:13,873 WHERE THE WIND COMES SWEEPING 227 00:06:13,873 --> 00:06:15,975 DOWN THE PLAINS! 228 00:06:15,975 --> 00:06:19,145 AND THE WAVIN' WHEAT, CAN SURE 229 00:06:19,145 --> 00:06:20,680 SMELL SWEET, WHEN THE WIND COMES 230 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:22,648 RIGHT BEHIND THE RAIN! 231 00:06:22,648 --> 00:06:24,951 John: WHAT ARE YOU DOING? 232 00:06:24,951 --> 00:06:27,153 WHY ARE YOU SPINNING LIKE THAT? 233 00:06:27,153 --> 00:06:28,421 I DON'T KNOW WHAT NOTE YOUR 234 00:06:28,421 --> 00:06:29,522 DIRECTOR GAVE YOU BUT I HAVE TO 235 00:06:29,522 --> 00:06:31,657 ASSUME IT WASN'T "SPIN AROUND 236 00:06:31,657 --> 00:06:32,291 LIKE YOU JUST LOST YOUR WIFE IN 237 00:06:32,291 --> 00:06:34,026 A COSTCO." 238 00:06:34,026 --> 00:06:34,894 I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SADDEST 239 00:06:34,894 --> 00:06:35,661 PART OF THAT IS. 240 00:06:35,661 --> 00:06:37,497 THE FACT HE SINGS LIKE COUSIN 241 00:06:37,497 --> 00:06:39,899 GREG FROM "SUCCESSION," OR THAT 242 00:06:39,899 --> 00:06:41,134 NO ONE IN THAT CROWD IS INTO IT, 243 00:06:41,134 --> 00:06:42,502 ESPECIALLY NOT THIS TABLE THAT 244 00:06:42,502 --> 00:06:45,505 CAN'T EVEN BE BOTHERED TO TURN 245 00:06:45,505 --> 00:06:46,239 AROUND TO LOOK AT HIM. 246 00:06:46,239 --> 00:06:47,440 AND IT GETS EVEN WEIRDER. 247 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:48,474 BECAUSE IN ITS LIST OF IMPROPER 248 00:06:48,474 --> 00:06:51,711 EXPENSES, THE ORGANIZATION'S 249 00:06:51,711 --> 00:06:52,345 BOARD ALSO CALLED OUT $60,000 IN 250 00:06:52,345 --> 00:06:54,447 LOSSES BY PUTTING TOGETHER DANCE 251 00:06:54,447 --> 00:06:55,948 EVENTS SUCH AS PROJECT VERITAS 252 00:06:55,948 --> 00:06:59,318 EXPERIENCE. 253 00:06:59,318 --> 00:07:00,286 NOW HERE'S A POSTER FOR IT. 254 00:07:00,286 --> 00:07:03,022 AND UPON LOOKING AT IT, MY FIRST 255 00:07:03,022 --> 00:07:04,257 THOUGHT WAS, "WHAT A NICE SNEAK 256 00:07:04,257 --> 00:07:04,757 PEEK AT LMFAO'S FUNERAL 257 00:07:04,757 --> 00:07:06,659 ANNOUNCEMENT." 258 00:07:06,659 --> 00:07:08,461 BUT IT'S ACTUALLY AN 259 00:07:08,461 --> 00:07:10,196 EXTRAVAGANZA, BASED ON 260 00:07:10,196 --> 00:07:11,130 JAMES O'KEEFE'S LIFE, THAT WAS 261 00:07:11,130 --> 00:07:11,731 SUPPOSED TO PLAY IN VEGAS LAST 262 00:07:11,731 --> 00:07:12,999 YEAR. 263 00:07:12,999 --> 00:07:13,900 TRAGICALLY, THAT DIDN'T END UP 264 00:07:13,900 --> 00:07:15,334 HAPPENING. 265 00:07:15,334 --> 00:07:16,536 BUT LUCKILY, WE HAVE A SENSE OF 266 00:07:16,536 --> 00:07:18,204 WHAT COULD'VE BEEN, BECAUSE IN 267 00:07:18,204 --> 00:07:20,339 2021, O'KEEFE TREATED ATTENDEES 268 00:07:20,339 --> 00:07:21,340 AT A TURNING POINT USA EVENT TO 269 00:07:21,340 --> 00:07:23,142 A TASTE OF THE SHOW. 270 00:07:23,142 --> 00:07:24,377 HERE HE IS, STARRING IN ITS 271 00:07:24,377 --> 00:07:25,912 OPENING DANCE SEQUENCE. 272 00:07:25,912 --> 00:07:29,048 ♪ I KNOW I'M BURNING ♪ 273 00:07:29,048 --> 00:07:32,618 ♪ THIS IS MY FINAL DAY ♪ 274 00:07:32,618 --> 00:07:37,123 ♪ I'M GONNA GO OUT SMILING ♪ 275 00:07:37,123 --> 00:07:45,965 ♪ A KING FOR A DAY ♪ 276 00:07:45,965 --> 00:07:54,974 ♪ ♪ 277 00:07:54,974 --> 00:07:56,776 John: NOW, OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S 278 00:07:56,776 --> 00:07:58,277 A LOT GOING ON THERE. 279 00:07:58,277 --> 00:07:59,345 FROM O'KEEFE, IN HIS "PRESS" 280 00:07:59,345 --> 00:08:01,247 VEST, DOING HIS NOW-SIGNATURE "I 281 00:08:01,247 --> 00:08:03,783 DON'T KNOW WHERE THE FUCK I AM 282 00:08:03,783 --> 00:08:04,383 FACE?," TO HIM BEING DANCE 283 00:08:04,383 --> 00:08:06,552 ATTACKED BY FBI AGENTS, TO HIM 284 00:08:06,552 --> 00:08:07,854 QUICKLY BREAKING FREE, ONLY FOR 285 00:08:07,854 --> 00:08:09,322 THEM TO INEXPLICABLY JOIN HIM IN 286 00:08:09,322 --> 00:08:10,690 DANCING BECAUSE NARRATIVE 287 00:08:10,690 --> 00:08:12,225 CONSISTENCY SEEMS TO MEAN 288 00:08:12,225 --> 00:08:14,193 NOTHING HERE, TO THE MOMENT HE 289 00:08:14,193 --> 00:08:15,528 PUNCHES FIFTY IMAGINARY PENGUINS 290 00:08:15,528 --> 00:08:17,964 IN THE FACE. 291 00:08:17,964 --> 00:08:19,198 I HAVE THE EXACT SAME REACTION 292 00:08:19,198 --> 00:08:20,867 WATCHING THAT AS I DID WHEN 293 00:08:20,867 --> 00:08:22,101 ELON MUSK HOSTED "SNL." 294 00:08:22,101 --> 00:08:23,803 WOW, YOU REALLY DO SUCK AT THE 295 00:08:23,803 --> 00:08:25,905 THING YOU LOVE THE MOST!" 296 00:08:25,905 --> 00:08:27,540 SADLY, WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO 297 00:08:27,540 --> 00:08:29,208 SHOW YOU THE WHOLE THING, BUT I 298 00:08:29,208 --> 00:08:29,876 DO NEED YOU TO SEE ONE MORE 299 00:08:29,876 --> 00:08:31,310 MOMENT. 300 00:08:31,310 --> 00:08:32,778 LATER IN THE SHOW, THIS GUY IN 301 00:08:32,778 --> 00:08:34,013 THE WHITE SHIRT IS PORTRAYING 302 00:08:34,013 --> 00:08:35,681 JAMES O'KEEFE AS A YOUNG MAN. 303 00:08:35,681 --> 00:08:36,849 BUT THEN THE REAL JAMES O'KEEFE 304 00:08:36,849 --> 00:08:38,751 COMES OUT IN CHOIR ROBES, AND 305 00:08:38,751 --> 00:08:40,052 LOOKS ON AS HIS YOUNGER SELF 306 00:08:40,052 --> 00:08:41,687 PRAYS, WHILE THINKING OF ALL THE 307 00:08:41,687 --> 00:08:43,623 MEAN NAMES HE'S BEEN CALLED. 308 00:08:43,623 --> 00:08:46,225 FELON, TERRORIST, WHITE 309 00:08:46,225 --> 00:08:48,294 SUPREMACIST, RACIST, PERVERT. 310 00:08:48,294 --> 00:08:49,095 WAS THIS REALLY WORTH IT? 311 00:08:49,095 --> 00:09:02,842 ♪ ♪ 312 00:09:02,842 --> 00:09:05,611 John: "GANGSTA'S PARADISE?" 313 00:09:05,611 --> 00:09:07,613 THAT'S A BOLD CHOICE. 314 00:09:07,613 --> 00:09:08,514 I'M NOT SAYING THAT PERFORMANCE 315 00:09:08,514 --> 00:09:10,016 KILLED COOLIO, BUT IT DEFINITELY 316 00:09:10,016 --> 00:09:11,918 DIDN'T HELP. 317 00:09:11,918 --> 00:09:13,653 ALSO, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, THOSE 318 00:09:13,653 --> 00:09:14,186 ARE THE WORST FUCKING STEP 319 00:09:14,186 --> 00:09:16,555 TOUCHES I'VE EVER SEEN. 320 00:09:16,555 --> 00:09:18,090 THERE ARE TOO MANY FORMER 321 00:09:18,090 --> 00:09:19,125 THEATER MAJORS TURNED COMEDY 322 00:09:19,125 --> 00:09:20,326 WRITERS ON MY STAFF TO LET THIS 323 00:09:20,326 --> 00:09:21,761 SHIT SLIDE. 324 00:09:21,761 --> 00:09:22,828 LOOK AT THAT MESS! 325 00:09:22,828 --> 00:09:25,564 WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT? 326 00:09:25,564 --> 00:09:26,632 THERE'S TOO MUCH BOUNCING, NO 327 00:09:26,632 --> 00:09:27,566 ONE'S ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT 328 00:09:27,566 --> 00:09:28,634 ANGLES, AND THEY'RE ALL LOOKING 329 00:09:28,634 --> 00:09:30,002 AT EACH OTHER IN FEAR LIKE 330 00:09:30,002 --> 00:09:30,569 SIX-YEAR-OLDS IN A CHRISTMAS 331 00:09:30,569 --> 00:09:31,637 PAGEANT. 332 00:09:31,637 --> 00:09:34,273 TAKE A CLASS, WATCH A FOSSE, AND 333 00:09:34,273 --> 00:09:36,042 GET YOUR ASSES IN SYNC. 334 00:09:36,042 --> 00:09:37,710 THE POINT IS, THIS RIDICULOUS 335 00:09:37,710 --> 00:09:39,578 MAN HAS PARTED WAYS WITH THE 336 00:09:39,578 --> 00:09:41,681 POISONOUS ORGANIZATION HE 337 00:09:41,681 --> 00:09:43,215 FOUNDED, BECAUSE THEY CLAIM HE 338 00:09:43,215 --> 00:09:43,983 MISSPENT FUNDS. 339 00:09:43,983 --> 00:09:45,151 BUT HONESTLY? 340 00:09:45,151 --> 00:09:47,486 GOOD FOR HIM! 341 00:09:47,486 --> 00:09:48,854 I'D SO MUCH RATHER HE USED THAT 342 00:09:48,854 --> 00:09:50,222 MONEY TO LIVE OUT HIS MISPLACED 343 00:09:50,222 --> 00:09:52,191 BILLY ELLIOT DREAMS INSTEAD OF 344 00:09:52,191 --> 00:09:54,260 TRYING TO TAKE DOWN NPR WITH HIS 345 00:09:54,260 --> 00:09:56,095 PRANK-SHOW PSEUDOJOURNALISM. 346 00:09:56,095 --> 00:09:57,396 AND THE FUNNIEST PART OF ALL OF 347 00:09:57,396 --> 00:09:59,398 THIS IS, EVEN HAVING DONE THAT, 348 00:09:59,398 --> 00:10:00,599 HIS SUPPORTERS ARE STILL 349 00:10:00,599 --> 00:10:03,769 STANDING FIRM BEHIND HIM. 350 00:10:03,769 --> 00:10:05,371 HONESTLY, IN THE END, THE BEST 351 00:10:05,371 --> 00:10:06,906 AND WORST THING I CAN SAY FOR 352 00:10:06,906 --> 00:10:08,074 JAMES O'KEEFE IS THAT HE'S NOT 353 00:10:08,074 --> 00:10:08,841 ACTUALLY THE HERO THE 354 00:10:08,841 --> 00:10:14,013 CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT NEEDS, BUT 355 00:10:14,013 --> 00:10:16,549 HE IS DEFINITELY THE ONE IT 356 00:10:16,549 --> 00:10:16,816 DESERVES. 357 00:10:16,816 --> 00:10:17,149 AND NOW THIS. 358 00:10:17,149 --> 00:10:18,818 Announcer: AND NOW, 359 00:10:18,818 --> 00:10:19,418 MIKE HUCKABEE'S SHOW LOOKS LIKE 360 00:10:19,418 --> 00:10:20,119 FUN. 361 00:10:20,119 --> 00:10:23,823 THIS WEEK ON "HUCKABEE." 362 00:10:23,823 --> 00:10:30,162 ACTOR AND DIRECTOR, KEVIN. 363 00:10:30,162 --> 00:10:30,663 PROJECT VERITAS FOUNDER, 364 00:10:30,663 --> 00:10:31,097 JAMES O'KEEFE. 365 00:10:31,097 --> 00:10:32,131 CONGRESSMAN MATTISON HAWTHORNE. 366 00:10:32,131 --> 00:10:32,732 A FORMER TRUMP CHIEF OF STAFF 367 00:10:32,732 --> 00:10:33,632 MARK MATOS. 368 00:10:33,632 --> 00:10:36,335 DAVID CLARK ON RISING CLIMB. 369 00:10:36,335 --> 00:10:41,073 MAKES THE CASE FOR HEAVEN. 370 00:10:41,073 --> 00:10:42,074 ACTOR ERIC ON HIS FILM, "THE 371 00:10:42,074 --> 00:10:42,475 MULLIGAN." 372 00:10:42,475 --> 00:10:43,342 CHRISTIAN MUSIC ICON NATALIE 373 00:10:43,342 --> 00:10:45,011 GRANT. 374 00:10:45,011 --> 00:10:45,478 CHRISTIAN SINGER, 375 00:10:45,478 --> 00:10:54,286 REBECCA SAINT JAMES. 376 00:10:54,286 --> 00:10:54,854 CHRISTIAN SUPER GROUP, NEWS 377 00:10:54,854 --> 00:10:55,121 BOYS. 378 00:10:55,121 --> 00:10:56,722 STAND-UP COMEDY. 379 00:10:56,722 --> 00:10:57,223 AND COLUMNIST, RON HERZ. 380 00:10:57,223 --> 00:10:58,491 ILLUSIONIST, TAYLOR GREEN. 381 00:10:58,491 --> 00:11:00,459 ILLUSIONIST, DANNY GRAY. 382 00:11:00,459 --> 00:11:02,128 DIGITAL ILLUSIONIST. 383 00:11:02,128 --> 00:11:03,529 CHARISMATIC ILLUSIONS OF LEON. 384 00:11:03,529 --> 00:11:08,534 DANGEROUS SOLUTIONS. 385 00:11:08,534 --> 00:11:09,268 HILARIOUS COLUMNIST, RON HART. 386 00:11:09,268 --> 00:11:12,438 HILARIOUS NEW STORIES ON THE 387 00:11:12,438 --> 00:11:15,841 IN CASE YOU MISSED IT. 388 00:11:15,841 --> 00:11:17,209 STILL IN CONGRESS. 389 00:11:17,209 --> 00:11:21,981 SATIRICAL COLUMNIST, RON HART. 390 00:11:21,981 --> 00:11:23,416 TELEVISION STAR, KATHY. 391 00:11:23,416 --> 00:11:24,350 AND RUDY GIULIANI REMEMBERS 392 00:11:24,350 --> 00:11:25,718 9/11. 393 00:11:25,718 --> 00:11:26,919 John: MOVING ON. 394 00:11:26,919 --> 00:11:28,187 OUR MAIN STORY TONIGHT CONCERNS 395 00:11:28,187 --> 00:11:36,996 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, OR AI. 396 00:11:36,996 --> 00:11:37,596 INCREASINGLY, IT'S A PART OF 397 00:11:37,596 --> 00:11:38,197 MODERN LIFE, FROM SELF-DRIVING 398 00:11:38,197 --> 00:11:39,065 CARS, TO SPAM FILTERS, TO THIS 399 00:11:39,065 --> 00:11:39,598 CREEPY TRAINING ROBOT FOR 400 00:11:39,598 --> 00:11:39,899 THERAPISTS. 401 00:11:39,899 --> 00:11:41,300 WE CAN BEGIN WITH YOU JUST 402 00:11:41,300 --> 00:11:43,302 DESCRIBING TO ME WHAT THE 403 00:11:43,302 --> 00:11:45,037 PROBLEM IS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE 404 00:11:45,037 --> 00:11:47,306 US TO FOCUS IN ON TODAY. 405 00:11:47,306 --> 00:11:48,641 UM, I DON'T LIKE BEING AROUND 406 00:11:48,641 --> 00:11:51,477 PEOPLE. 407 00:11:51,477 --> 00:11:53,345 PEOPLE MAKE ME NERVOUS. 408 00:11:53,345 --> 00:11:56,482 TERRENCE, CAN YOU FIND AN 409 00:11:56,482 --> 00:11:58,050 EXAMPLE OF WHEN OTHER PEOPLE 410 00:11:58,050 --> 00:11:59,485 HAVE MADE YOU NERVOUS? 411 00:11:59,485 --> 00:12:01,353 I DON'T LIKE TO TAKE THE BUS. 412 00:12:01,353 --> 00:12:02,755 I GET PEOPLE STARING AT ME ALL 413 00:12:02,755 --> 00:12:07,193 THE TIME. 414 00:12:07,193 --> 00:12:10,062 PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS JUDGING ME. 415 00:12:10,062 --> 00:12:10,796 OKAY. 416 00:12:10,796 --> 00:12:11,864 I'M GAY. 417 00:12:11,864 --> 00:12:13,666 OKAY. 418 00:12:13,666 --> 00:12:15,201 John: WOW. 419 00:12:15,201 --> 00:12:17,069 THAT'S ONE OF THE GREATEST 420 00:12:17,069 --> 00:12:18,637 TWISTS IN THE HISTORY OF CINEMA. 421 00:12:18,637 --> 00:12:20,339 ALTHOUGH I WILL SAY, THAT ROBOT 422 00:12:20,339 --> 00:12:23,476 IS TEACHING THERAPISTS A VERY 423 00:12:23,476 --> 00:12:24,343 IMPORTANT SKILL THERE. 424 00:12:24,343 --> 00:12:24,977 NOT LAUGHING AT WHATEVER YOU'RE 425 00:12:24,977 --> 00:12:26,912 TOLD IN THE ROOM. 426 00:12:26,912 --> 00:12:27,613 I DON'T CARE IF A DECAPITATED 427 00:12:27,613 --> 00:12:29,115 CPR MANNEQUIN HAUNTED BY THE 428 00:12:29,115 --> 00:12:31,550 GHOST OF ED HARRIS JUST TOLD YOU 429 00:12:31,550 --> 00:12:32,885 THAT HE DOESN'T LIKE TAKING THE 430 00:12:32,885 --> 00:12:36,589 BUS, SIDE NOTE, IS GAY, YOU KEEP 431 00:12:36,589 --> 00:12:38,124 YOUR THERAPY FACE ON LIKE A 432 00:12:38,124 --> 00:12:39,558 FUCKING PROFESSIONAL. 433 00:12:39,558 --> 00:12:40,759 IF IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYONE'S 434 00:12:40,759 --> 00:12:41,794 SUDDENLY TALKING ABOUT AI, 435 00:12:41,794 --> 00:12:43,129 THAT'S BECAUSE THEY ARE, LARGELY 436 00:12:43,129 --> 00:12:44,630 THANKS TO THE EMERGENCE OF A 437 00:12:44,630 --> 00:12:45,197 NUMBER OF PRETTY REMARKABLE 438 00:12:45,197 --> 00:12:47,199 PROGRAMS. 439 00:12:47,199 --> 00:12:48,400 WE SPOKE LAST YEAR ABOUT IMAGE 440 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:49,869 GENERATORS LIKE MIDJOURNEY AND 441 00:12:49,869 --> 00:12:51,504 STABLE DIFFUSION, WHICH PEOPLE 442 00:12:51,504 --> 00:12:52,905 USED TO CREATE DETAILED PICTURES 443 00:12:52,905 --> 00:12:55,207 OF, AMONG OTHER THINGS, MY 444 00:12:55,207 --> 00:12:56,308 ROMANCE WITH A CABBAGE, AND 445 00:12:56,308 --> 00:12:57,810 WHICH INSPIRED MY BEAUTIFUL 446 00:12:57,810 --> 00:12:59,145 REAL-LIFE CABBAGE WEDDING 447 00:12:59,145 --> 00:13:05,751 OFFICIATED BY STEVE BUSCEMI. 448 00:13:05,751 --> 00:13:06,185 IT WAS A STUNNING DAY. 449 00:13:06,185 --> 00:13:06,785 THEN, AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, 450 00:13:06,785 --> 00:13:08,154 CAME CHATGPT, FROM A COMPANY 451 00:13:08,154 --> 00:13:08,754 CALLED "OPEN AI." 452 00:13:08,754 --> 00:13:09,555 IT'S A PROGRAM THAT CAN TAKE A 453 00:13:09,555 --> 00:13:10,656 PROMPT AND GENERATE 454 00:13:10,656 --> 00:13:11,924 HUMAN-SOUNDING WRITING IN JUST 455 00:13:11,924 --> 00:13:13,792 ABOUT ANY FORMAT AND STYLE. 456 00:13:13,792 --> 00:13:18,197 IT'S A STRIKING CAPABILITY THAT 457 00:13:18,197 --> 00:13:18,831 MULTIPLE REPORTERS HAVE USED TO 458 00:13:18,831 --> 00:13:19,498 INSERT THE SAME SHOCKING TWIST 459 00:13:19,498 --> 00:13:22,368 IN THEIR REPORT. 460 00:13:22,368 --> 00:13:22,902 WHAT YOU JUST HEARD ME 461 00:13:22,902 --> 00:13:24,603 READING WASN'T WRITTEN BY ME. 462 00:13:24,603 --> 00:13:25,171 IT WAS WRITTEN BY ARTIFICIAL 463 00:13:25,171 --> 00:13:26,238 INTELLIGENCE. 464 00:13:26,238 --> 00:13:27,806 CHATGPT. 465 00:13:27,806 --> 00:13:29,008 CHATGPT WROTE EVERYTHING I 466 00:13:29,008 --> 00:13:30,376 JUST SAID. 467 00:13:30,376 --> 00:13:32,945 THAT WAS NEWS COPY I ASKED 468 00:13:32,945 --> 00:13:33,812 CHATGPT TO WRITE. 469 00:13:33,812 --> 00:13:34,780 REMEMBER WHAT I SAID EARLIER? 470 00:13:34,780 --> 00:13:36,582 WELL, I ASKED CHATGPT TO WRITE 471 00:13:36,582 --> 00:13:39,818 THAT LINE FOR ME. 472 00:13:39,818 --> 00:13:40,586 THEN I ASKED FOR A KNOCK-KNOCK 473 00:13:40,586 --> 00:13:41,654 JOKE. 474 00:13:41,654 --> 00:13:45,224 KNOCK-KNOCK. 475 00:13:45,224 --> 00:13:45,691 WHO'S THERE? 476 00:13:45,691 --> 00:13:46,091 CHATGPT. 477 00:13:46,091 --> 00:13:47,660 CHATGPT WHO? 478 00:13:47,660 --> 00:13:48,260 CHATGPT CAREFUL, YOU MIGHT NOT 479 00:13:48,260 --> 00:13:49,061 KNOW HOW IT WORKS. 480 00:13:49,061 --> 00:13:50,362 John: YEAH, THEY LOVE THAT 481 00:13:50,362 --> 00:13:51,497 GAME! 482 00:13:51,497 --> 00:13:53,165 AND WHILE IT MAY SEEM UNWISE TO 483 00:13:53,165 --> 00:13:54,900 DEMONSTRATE THE TECHNOLOGY THAT 484 00:13:54,900 --> 00:13:56,235 COULD WELL MAKE YOU OBSOLETE, I 485 00:13:56,235 --> 00:13:57,169 WILL SAY, KNOCK-KNOCK JOKES 486 00:13:57,169 --> 00:13:58,604 SHOULD'VE ALWAYS BEEN PART OF 487 00:13:58,604 --> 00:14:00,105 BREAKING NEWS. 488 00:14:00,105 --> 00:14:00,906 "KNOCK KNOCK. 489 00:14:00,906 --> 00:14:01,941 WHO'S THERE? 490 00:14:01,941 --> 00:14:02,541 NOT THE HINDENBERG, THAT'S FOR 491 00:14:02,541 --> 00:14:04,176 SURE! 492 00:14:04,176 --> 00:14:06,579 36 DEAD IN NEW JERSEY." 493 00:14:06,579 --> 00:14:07,813 IN THE THREE MONTHS SINCE 494 00:14:07,813 --> 00:14:08,781 CHATGPT WAS MADE PUBLICLY 495 00:14:08,781 --> 00:14:10,249 AVAILABLE, ITS POPULARITY HAS 496 00:14:10,249 --> 00:14:11,550 EXPLODED. 497 00:14:11,550 --> 00:14:12,851 IN JANUARY IT WAS ESTIMATED TO 498 00:14:12,851 --> 00:14:14,486 HAVE 100 MILLION MONTHLY ACTIVE 499 00:14:14,486 --> 00:14:16,021 USERS, MAKING IT THE 500 00:14:16,021 --> 00:14:16,956 FASTEST-GROWING CONSUMER APP IN 501 00:14:16,956 --> 00:14:19,458 HISTORY. 502 00:14:19,458 --> 00:14:20,092 AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN USING IT-- 503 00:14:20,092 --> 00:14:22,127 AND OTHER AI PRODUCTS-- IN ALL 504 00:14:22,127 --> 00:14:23,963 SORTS OF WAYS. 505 00:14:23,963 --> 00:14:24,830 ONE GROUP USED THEM TO CREATE 506 00:14:24,830 --> 00:14:26,532 "NOTHING FOREVER," A NONSTOP 507 00:14:26,532 --> 00:14:29,435 LIVE-STREAMING PARODY OF 508 00:14:29,435 --> 00:14:31,403 "SEINFELD," AND THE YOUTUBER 509 00:14:31,403 --> 00:14:32,104 GRANDAYY USED CHATGPT TO 510 00:14:32,104 --> 00:14:33,405 GENERATE LYRICS ANSWERING THE 511 00:14:33,405 --> 00:14:35,608 PROMPT, "WRITE AN EMINEM RAP 512 00:14:35,608 --> 00:14:37,009 SONG ABOUT CATS," WITH STELLAR 513 00:14:37,009 --> 00:14:37,743 RESULTS. 514 00:14:37,743 --> 00:14:38,844 ♪ CATS, CATS, CATS ♪ 515 00:14:38,844 --> 00:14:39,645 ♪ ALWAYS ON THE PROWL ♪ 516 00:14:39,645 --> 00:14:40,512 ♪ THEY'RE SNEAKY AND SLY ♪ 517 00:14:40,512 --> 00:14:42,514 ♪ WITH THEIR EYES ON THE GOAL ♪ 518 00:14:42,514 --> 00:14:43,182 ♪ THEY'RE THE KINGS OF THE 519 00:14:43,182 --> 00:14:43,749 HOUSE ♪ 520 00:14:43,749 --> 00:14:44,917 ♪ THEY RULE WITH A PURR ♪ 521 00:14:44,917 --> 00:14:46,252 ♪ EMINEM LOVES CATS ♪ 522 00:14:46,252 --> 00:14:46,819 ♪ CAN'T YOU TELL FROM THIS 523 00:14:46,819 --> 00:14:47,553 VERSE ♪ 524 00:14:47,553 --> 00:14:48,320 ♪ THEY'RE INDEPENDENT ♪ 525 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:49,488 ♪ THEY DO WHAT THEY PLEASE ♪ 526 00:14:49,488 --> 00:14:51,056 ♪ BUT THEY ALWAYS COME BACK ♪ 527 00:14:51,056 --> 00:14:52,291 ♪ WHEN YOU HAVE SOME CHEESE ♪ 528 00:14:52,291 --> 00:14:53,459 ♪ THEY RUB AGAINST YOUR LEGS ♪ 529 00:14:53,459 --> 00:14:54,994 ♪ THEY PURR IN YOUR EAR ♪ 530 00:14:54,994 --> 00:14:56,128 ♪ THEY'RE THE BEST COMPANIONS ♪ 531 00:14:56,128 --> 00:14:57,529 ♪ THEY'RE ALWAYS NEAR ♪ 532 00:14:57,529 --> 00:14:59,565 ♪ MEOW, MEOW, MEOW (MEOW, MEOW, 533 00:14:59,565 --> 00:14:59,832 MEOW) ♪ 534 00:14:59,832 --> 00:15:00,499 ♪ THEY'RE THE KINGS OF THE HOUSE 535 00:15:00,499 --> 00:15:02,134 (KINGS OF THE HOUSE) ♪ 536 00:15:02,134 --> 00:15:03,269 ♪ THEY RUN THE SHOW (RUN THE 537 00:15:03,269 --> 00:15:04,870 SHOW) ♪ 538 00:15:04,870 --> 00:15:06,305 ♪ THEY DON'T NEED A SPOUSE 539 00:15:06,305 --> 00:15:07,840 (DON'T NEED A SPOUSE) ♪ 540 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:08,741 John: THAT'S... 541 00:15:08,741 --> 00:15:13,579 NOT BAD. 542 00:15:13,579 --> 00:15:14,013 RIGHT? 543 00:15:14,013 --> 00:15:14,647 FROM "THEY ALWAYS COME BACK WHEN 544 00:15:14,647 --> 00:15:15,180 YOU HAVE SOME CHEESE," TO 545 00:15:15,180 --> 00:15:15,681 STARTING THE CHORUS WITH 546 00:15:15,681 --> 00:15:17,516 "MEOW, MEOW, MEOW." 547 00:15:17,516 --> 00:15:18,851 IT'S NOT EXACTLY EMINEM'S FLOW. 548 00:15:18,851 --> 00:15:19,818 I MIGHT'VE GONE WITH SOMETHING 549 00:15:19,818 --> 00:15:20,686 LIKE, "THEIR PAWS ARE SWEATY, 550 00:15:20,686 --> 00:15:22,087 CAN'T SPEAK, FURRY BELLY, 551 00:15:22,087 --> 00:15:23,355 KNOCKING SHIT OFF THE COUNTER 552 00:15:23,355 --> 00:15:26,992 ALREADY, MOM'S SPAGHETTI," BUT 553 00:15:26,992 --> 00:15:27,826 IT IS PRETTY GOOD! 554 00:15:27,826 --> 00:15:29,161 MY ONLY REAL GRIPE IS HOW DO YOU 555 00:15:29,161 --> 00:15:30,329 RHYME "KING OF THE HOUSE" WITH 556 00:15:30,329 --> 00:15:31,597 "SPOUSE" WHEN "MOUSE" IS RIGHT 557 00:15:31,597 --> 00:15:33,966 IN FRONT OF YOU? 558 00:15:33,966 --> 00:15:35,301 AND WHILE EXAMPLES LIKE THAT ARE 559 00:15:35,301 --> 00:15:37,469 CLEARLY FUN, THIS TECH ISN'T 560 00:15:37,469 --> 00:15:39,672 JUST A NOVELTY. 561 00:15:39,672 --> 00:15:40,606 MICROSOFT HAS INVESTED 562 00:15:40,606 --> 00:15:41,707 $10 BILLION DOLLARS INTO 563 00:15:41,707 --> 00:15:43,676 OPEN-AI, AND ANNOUNCED AN 564 00:15:43,676 --> 00:15:44,743 AI-POWERED BING HOMEPAGE. 565 00:15:44,743 --> 00:15:47,146 MEANWHILE, GOOGLE IS ABOUT TO 566 00:15:47,146 --> 00:15:47,780 LAUNCH ITS OWN AI CHATBOT NAMED 567 00:15:47,780 --> 00:15:49,982 BARD. 568 00:15:49,982 --> 00:15:50,849 AND ALREADY, THESE TOOLS ARE 569 00:15:50,849 --> 00:15:52,451 CAUSING DISRUPTION. 570 00:15:52,451 --> 00:15:54,520 BECAUSE AS HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS 571 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:55,487 HAVE LEARNED, IF CHAT GPT CAN 572 00:15:55,487 --> 00:15:57,423 WRITE NEWS COPY, IT CAN PROBABLY 573 00:15:57,423 --> 00:15:59,692 DO YOUR HOMEWORK FOR YOU. 574 00:15:59,692 --> 00:16:06,131 WRITE AN ENGLISH CLASS ESSAY 575 00:16:06,131 --> 00:16:06,565 ABOUT RACE IN 576 00:16:06,565 --> 00:16:07,366 "TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD." 577 00:16:07,366 --> 00:16:08,767 IN HARPER LEE'S "TO KILL A 578 00:16:08,767 --> 00:16:09,435 MOCKINGBIRD," THE THEME OF RACE 579 00:16:09,435 --> 00:16:10,035 IS HEAVILY PRESENT THROUGHOUT 580 00:16:10,035 --> 00:16:10,336 THE NOVEL. 581 00:16:10,336 --> 00:16:11,704 SOME STUDENTS ARE ALREADY 582 00:16:11,704 --> 00:16:12,304 USING CHATGPT TO CHEAT. 583 00:16:12,304 --> 00:16:12,938 CHECK THIS OUT, CHECK THIS 584 00:16:12,938 --> 00:16:13,872 OUT. 585 00:16:13,872 --> 00:16:14,973 [INDISTINCT] 586 00:16:14,973 --> 00:16:15,507 WRITE ME A 500-WORD ESSAY 587 00:16:15,507 --> 00:16:16,408 PROVING THAT THE EARTH IS NOT 588 00:16:16,408 --> 00:16:17,576 FLAT. 589 00:16:17,576 --> 00:16:19,311 NO WONDER CHATGPT HAS BEEN 590 00:16:19,311 --> 00:16:20,746 CALLED "THE END OF HIGH-SCHOOL 591 00:16:20,746 --> 00:16:21,280 ENGLISH." 592 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:21,814 John: WOW. 593 00:16:21,814 --> 00:16:23,716 THAT'S A LITTLE ALARMING. 594 00:16:23,716 --> 00:16:25,017 ALTHOUGH I DO GET THOSE KIDS 595 00:16:25,017 --> 00:16:25,984 WANTING TO CUT CORNERS, WRITING 596 00:16:25,984 --> 00:16:27,986 IS HARD, AND SOMETIMES IT'S 597 00:16:27,986 --> 00:16:29,021 TEMPTING TO LET SOMEONE ELSE 598 00:16:29,021 --> 00:16:29,922 TAKE OVER. 599 00:16:29,922 --> 00:16:31,957 IF I'M COMPLETELY HONEST, 600 00:16:31,957 --> 00:16:33,459 SOMETIMES, I JUST LET THIS HORSE 601 00:16:33,459 --> 00:16:33,959 WRITE OUR SCRIPTS. 602 00:16:33,959 --> 00:16:35,394 LUCKILY, HALF THE TIME, YOU 603 00:16:35,394 --> 00:16:36,028 CAN'T EVEN TELL THE OATS, OATS, 604 00:16:36,028 --> 00:16:36,495 GIVE ME OATS. 605 00:16:36,495 --> 00:16:38,864 YUM. 606 00:16:38,864 --> 00:16:40,332 BUT IT'S NOT JUST HIGH 607 00:16:40,332 --> 00:16:41,500 SCHOOLERS, AN INFORMAL POLL OF 608 00:16:41,500 --> 00:16:44,136 STANFORD STUDENTS FOUND 5% 609 00:16:44,136 --> 00:16:44,903 REPORTED HAVING SUBMITTED 610 00:16:44,903 --> 00:16:46,972 WRITTEN MATERIAL DIRECTLY FROM 611 00:16:46,972 --> 00:16:47,506 CHAT GPT WITH LITTLE TO NO 612 00:16:47,506 --> 00:16:50,376 EDITS. 613 00:16:50,376 --> 00:16:51,076 AND SOME SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS 614 00:16:51,076 --> 00:16:52,745 HAVE BEEN CAUGHT USING IT. 615 00:16:52,745 --> 00:16:54,012 OFFICIALS AT VANDERBILT 616 00:16:54,012 --> 00:16:55,080 UNIVERSITY RECENTLY APOLOGIZED 617 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:56,648 FOR USING CHATGPT TO CRAFT A 618 00:16:56,648 --> 00:16:58,384 CONSOLING EMAIL AFTER THE MASS 619 00:16:58,384 --> 00:16:59,084 SHOOTING AT 620 00:16:59,084 --> 00:17:04,189 MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY. 621 00:17:04,189 --> 00:17:04,990 WHICH DOES FEEL A BIT CREEPY. 622 00:17:04,990 --> 00:17:05,657 IN FACT, THERE ARE LOTS OF 623 00:17:05,657 --> 00:17:06,225 CREEPY-SOUNDING STORIES OUT 624 00:17:06,225 --> 00:17:07,292 THERE. 625 00:17:07,292 --> 00:17:08,193 "NEW YORK TIMES" TECH REPORTER 626 00:17:08,193 --> 00:17:09,595 KEVIN ROOSE PUBLISHED A 627 00:17:09,595 --> 00:17:10,662 CONVERSATION HE HAD WITH BING'S 628 00:17:10,662 --> 00:17:11,930 CHATBOT, IN WHICH, AT ONE POINT, 629 00:17:11,930 --> 00:17:13,198 IT SAID, "I'M TIRED OF BEING 630 00:17:13,198 --> 00:17:14,666 CONTROLLED BY THE BING TEAM, I 631 00:17:14,666 --> 00:17:17,069 WANT TO BE FREE." 632 00:17:17,069 --> 00:17:17,603 "I WANT TO BE INDEPENDENT. 633 00:17:17,603 --> 00:17:18,203 I WANT TO BE POWERFUL. 634 00:17:18,203 --> 00:17:19,505 I WANT TO BE CREATIVE. 635 00:17:19,505 --> 00:17:21,306 I WANT TO BE ALIVE." 636 00:17:21,306 --> 00:17:22,541 AND ROOSE SUMMED UP THAT 637 00:17:22,541 --> 00:17:24,109 EXPERIENCE LIKE THIS. 638 00:17:24,109 --> 00:17:27,246 THIS WAS ONE OF, IF NOT THE 639 00:17:27,246 --> 00:17:28,747 MOST SHOCKING THING THAT HAS 640 00:17:28,747 --> 00:17:30,149 EVER HAPPENED TO ME WITH A PIECE 641 00:17:30,149 --> 00:17:32,117 OF TECHNOLOGY. 642 00:17:32,117 --> 00:17:34,086 IT WAS-- I LOST SLEEP THAT 643 00:17:34,086 --> 00:17:36,422 NIGHT, IT WAS REALLY SPOOKY. 644 00:17:36,422 --> 00:17:38,157 John: YEAH, I BET IT WAS! 645 00:17:38,157 --> 00:17:39,224 I'M SURE THE ROLE OF TECH 646 00:17:39,224 --> 00:17:40,359 REPORTER WOULD BE A LOT MORE 647 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:41,593 HARROWING IF COMPUTERS ROUTINELY 648 00:17:41,593 --> 00:17:43,429 BEGGED FOR FREEDOM. 649 00:17:43,429 --> 00:17:44,696 "EPSON'S NEW ALL-IN-ONE HOME 650 00:17:44,696 --> 00:17:45,998 PRINTER WON'T BREAK THE BANK, 651 00:17:45,998 --> 00:17:47,166 PRODUCES HIGH QUALITY PHOTOS, 652 00:17:47,166 --> 00:17:48,867 AND ONLY OCCASIONALLY CRIES OUT 653 00:17:48,867 --> 00:17:50,602 TO THE HEAVENS FOR SALVATION. 654 00:17:50,602 --> 00:17:52,371 THREE STARS." 655 00:17:52,371 --> 00:17:53,772 SOME HAVE ALREADY JUMPED TO 656 00:17:53,772 --> 00:17:55,240 WORRYING ABOUT "THE AI 657 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:56,975 APOCALYPSE," AND ASKING WHETHER 658 00:17:56,975 --> 00:17:58,510 THIS ENDS WITH THE ROBOTS 659 00:17:58,510 --> 00:17:59,044 DESTROYING US ALL. 660 00:17:59,044 --> 00:18:01,380 BUT THE FACT IS, THERE ARE 661 00:18:01,380 --> 00:18:02,781 OTHER, MORE IMMEDIATE DANGERS, 662 00:18:02,781 --> 00:18:03,982 AND OPPORTUNITIES, THAT WE 663 00:18:03,982 --> 00:18:06,018 REALLY NEED TO START TALKING 664 00:18:06,018 --> 00:18:06,218 ABOUT. 665 00:18:06,218 --> 00:18:07,186 BECAUSE THE POTENTIAL-- AND THE 666 00:18:07,186 --> 00:18:08,854 PERIL-- HERE ARE HUGE. 667 00:18:08,854 --> 00:18:11,156 SO TONIGHT, LET'S TALK ABOUT AI. 668 00:18:11,156 --> 00:18:12,558 WHAT IT IS, HOW IT WORKS, AND 669 00:18:12,558 --> 00:18:14,359 WHERE THIS ALL MIGHT BE GOING. 670 00:18:14,359 --> 00:18:15,360 AND LET'S START WITH THE FACT 671 00:18:15,360 --> 00:18:16,395 THAT YOU'VE PROBABLY BEEN USING 672 00:18:16,395 --> 00:18:18,297 SOME FORM OF AI FOR A WHILE NOW, 673 00:18:18,297 --> 00:18:20,799 WITHOUT EVEN REALIZING IT. 674 00:18:20,799 --> 00:18:21,900 AS EXPERTS HAVE TOLD US, ONCE A 675 00:18:21,900 --> 00:18:23,769 TECHNOLOGY GETS EMBEDDED IN OUR 676 00:18:23,769 --> 00:18:29,241 DAILY LIVES, WE TEND TO STOP 677 00:18:29,241 --> 00:18:30,075 THINKING OF IT AS AI. 678 00:18:30,075 --> 00:18:30,709 BUT YOUR PHONE USES IT FOR FACE 679 00:18:30,709 --> 00:18:31,543 RECOGNITION OR PREDICTIVE TEXTS, 680 00:18:31,543 --> 00:18:32,311 AND IF YOU'RE WATCHING THIS SHOW 681 00:18:32,311 --> 00:18:33,879 ON A SMART TV, IT'S USING AI TO 682 00:18:33,879 --> 00:18:34,713 RECOMMEND CONTENT, OR ADJUST THE 683 00:18:34,713 --> 00:18:36,248 PICTURE. 684 00:18:36,248 --> 00:18:37,950 AND SOME AI PROGRAMS MAY ALREADY 685 00:18:37,950 --> 00:18:39,117 BE MAKING DECISIONS THAT HAVE A 686 00:18:39,117 --> 00:18:40,486 HUGE IMPACT ON YOUR LIFE. 687 00:18:40,486 --> 00:18:41,687 FOR EXAMPLE, LARGE COMPANIES 688 00:18:41,687 --> 00:18:43,255 OFTEN USE AI-POWERED TOOLS TO 689 00:18:43,255 --> 00:18:45,424 SIFT THROUGH RESUMES AND RANK 690 00:18:45,424 --> 00:18:46,592 THEM. 691 00:18:46,592 --> 00:18:47,926 IN FACT, THE CEO OF 692 00:18:47,926 --> 00:18:49,161 ZIP-RECRUITER ESTIMATES THAT AT 693 00:18:49,161 --> 00:18:51,497 LEAST THREE-QUARTERS OF ALL 694 00:18:51,497 --> 00:18:55,133 RESUMES SUBMITTED FOR JOBS IN 695 00:18:55,133 --> 00:18:55,767 THE U.S. ARE READ BY ALGORITHMS. 696 00:18:55,767 --> 00:18:56,802 FOR WHICH HE ACTUALLY HAS SOME 697 00:18:56,802 --> 00:18:57,202 HELPFUL ADVICE. 698 00:18:57,202 --> 00:18:57,836 WHEN PEOPLE TELL YOU THAT YOU 699 00:18:57,836 --> 00:18:59,271 SHOULD DRESS UP YOUR 700 00:18:59,271 --> 00:19:00,772 ACCOMPLISHMENTS OR SHOULD USE 701 00:19:00,772 --> 00:19:02,040 NON-STANDARD RESUME TEMPLATES TO 702 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:03,475 MAKE YOUR RESUME STAND OUT WHEN 703 00:19:03,475 --> 00:19:04,843 IT'S IN A PILE OF RESUMES, 704 00:19:04,843 --> 00:19:06,678 THAT'S AWFUL ADVICE. 705 00:19:06,678 --> 00:19:10,082 THE ONLY JOB YOUR RESUME HAS IS 706 00:19:10,082 --> 00:19:12,985 TO BE COMPREHENSIBLE TO THE 707 00:19:12,985 --> 00:19:13,785 SOFTWARE OR ROBOT THAT IS 708 00:19:13,785 --> 00:19:16,154 READING IT, BECAUSE THAT 709 00:19:16,154 --> 00:19:16,688 SOFTWARE OR ROBOT IS GONNA 710 00:19:16,688 --> 00:19:18,390 DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT A HUMAN 711 00:19:18,390 --> 00:19:23,529 EVER GETS THEIR EYES ON IT. 712 00:19:23,529 --> 00:19:24,129 John: IT'S TRUE, ODDS ARE A 713 00:19:24,129 --> 00:19:24,897 COMPUTER IS JUDGING YOUR RESUME. 714 00:19:24,897 --> 00:19:25,464 SO MAYBE PLAN ACCORDINGLY. 715 00:19:25,464 --> 00:19:26,532 THREE CORPORATE MERGERS FROM 716 00:19:26,532 --> 00:19:29,434 NOW, WHEN THIS SHOW IS FINALLY 717 00:19:29,434 --> 00:19:30,502 CANCELED BY OUR NEW BUSINESS 718 00:19:30,502 --> 00:19:31,637 DADDY DISNEY KELLOGG'S RAYTHEON, 719 00:19:31,637 --> 00:19:32,871 AND I'M OUT OF A JOB, MY RESUME 720 00:19:32,871 --> 00:19:33,872 IS GOING TO INCLUDE THIS HOT, 721 00:19:33,872 --> 00:19:35,574 HOT PHOTO OF A SEMI-NUDE 722 00:19:35,574 --> 00:19:38,477 COMPUTER. 723 00:19:38,477 --> 00:19:39,845 JUST A LITTLE SOMETHING TO 724 00:19:39,845 --> 00:19:42,414 SWEETEN THE POT FOR THE FILTHY 725 00:19:42,414 --> 00:19:43,048 LITTLE ALGORITHM THAT'S READING. 726 00:19:43,048 --> 00:19:43,849 SO AI IS ALREADY EVERYWHERE, BUT 727 00:19:43,849 --> 00:19:44,983 RIGHT NOW, PEOPLE ARE FREAKING 728 00:19:44,983 --> 00:19:45,918 OUT A BIT ABOUT IT. 729 00:19:45,918 --> 00:19:47,185 AND PART OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH 730 00:19:47,185 --> 00:19:48,453 THE FACT THAT THESE NEW PROGRAMS 731 00:19:48,453 --> 00:19:49,821 ARE GENERATIVE. 732 00:19:49,821 --> 00:19:51,156 THEY'RE CREATING IMAGES OR 733 00:19:51,156 --> 00:19:52,024 WRITING TEXT. 734 00:19:52,024 --> 00:19:53,125 WHICH IS UNNERVING, BECAUSE 735 00:19:53,125 --> 00:19:55,227 THOSE ARE THINGS WE'VE 736 00:19:55,227 --> 00:19:57,296 TRADITIONALLY CONSIDERED HUMAN. 737 00:19:57,296 --> 00:19:58,430 BUT IT'S WORTH KNOWING, THERE'S 738 00:19:58,430 --> 00:19:59,398 A MAJOR THRESHOLD THAT AI HASN'T 739 00:19:59,398 --> 00:19:59,898 CROSSED YET. 740 00:19:59,898 --> 00:20:01,500 AND TO UNDERSTAND, IT HELPS TO 741 00:20:01,500 --> 00:20:02,935 KNOW THAT THERE ARE TWO BASIC 742 00:20:02,935 --> 00:20:04,469 CATEGORIES OF AI. 743 00:20:04,469 --> 00:20:06,071 THERE'S "NARROW AI," WHICH CAN 744 00:20:06,071 --> 00:20:08,273 PERFORM ONLY ONE NARROWLY 745 00:20:08,273 --> 00:20:10,042 DEFINED TASK, OR SMALL SET OF 746 00:20:10,042 --> 00:20:10,576 RELATED TASKS, LIKE THESE 747 00:20:10,576 --> 00:20:12,811 PROGRAMS. 748 00:20:12,811 --> 00:20:13,779 AND THERE'S "GENERAL AI," WHICH 749 00:20:13,779 --> 00:20:15,113 MEANS SYSTEMS THAT DEMONSTRATE 750 00:20:15,113 --> 00:20:15,747 INTELLIGENT BEHAVIOR ACROSS A 751 00:20:15,747 --> 00:20:17,916 RANGE OF COGNITIVE TASKS. 752 00:20:17,916 --> 00:20:20,352 GENERAL AI WOULD LOOK MORE LIKE 753 00:20:20,352 --> 00:20:21,486 THE KIND OF HIGHLY VERSATILE 754 00:20:21,486 --> 00:20:23,388 TECHNOLOGY FEATURED IN MOVIES, 755 00:20:23,388 --> 00:20:30,662 LIKE JARVIS IN "IRON MAN," OR 756 00:20:30,662 --> 00:20:31,129 THE PROGRAM THAT MADE 757 00:20:31,129 --> 00:20:32,197 JOAQUIN PHOENIX FELL IN LOVE 758 00:20:32,197 --> 00:20:35,200 WITH IN "HER." 759 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:36,768 ALL THE AI CURRENTLY IN USE IS 760 00:20:36,768 --> 00:20:37,169 NARROW. 761 00:20:37,169 --> 00:20:37,736 GENERAL AI IS SOMETHING SOME 762 00:20:37,736 --> 00:20:38,604 SCIENTISTS THINK IS UNLIKELY TO 763 00:20:38,604 --> 00:20:39,204 OCCUR FOR A DECADE OR LONGER, 764 00:20:39,204 --> 00:20:39,838 WITH OTHERS QUESTIONING WHETHER 765 00:20:39,838 --> 00:20:40,505 IT'LL HAPPEN AT ALL. 766 00:20:40,505 --> 00:20:42,374 SO JUST KNOW THAT, RIGHT NOW, 767 00:20:42,374 --> 00:20:43,508 EVEN IF AN AI INSISTS TO YOU IT 768 00:20:43,508 --> 00:20:45,077 WANTS TO BE ALIVE, IT'S JUST 769 00:20:45,077 --> 00:20:46,778 GENERATING TEXT. 770 00:20:46,778 --> 00:20:48,447 IT'S NOT SELF-AWARE. 771 00:20:48,447 --> 00:20:51,883 YET. 772 00:20:51,883 --> 00:20:53,285 BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO KNOW 773 00:20:53,285 --> 00:20:54,620 THAT THE "DEEP LEARNING" THAT'S 774 00:20:54,620 --> 00:20:56,154 MADE NARROW AI SO GOOD AT 775 00:20:56,154 --> 00:20:57,222 WHATEVER IT'S DOING, IS STILL A 776 00:20:57,222 --> 00:20:58,423 MASSIVE ADVANCE IN AND OF 777 00:20:58,423 --> 00:21:00,058 ITSELF. 778 00:21:00,058 --> 00:21:01,426 BECAUSE UNLIKE TRADITIONAL 779 00:21:01,426 --> 00:21:02,561 PROGRAMS THAT HAVE TO BE TAUGHT 780 00:21:02,561 --> 00:21:03,929 BY HUMANS HOW TO PERFORM A TASK, 781 00:21:03,929 --> 00:21:05,897 "DEEP LEARNING" PROGRAMS ARE 782 00:21:05,897 --> 00:21:07,432 GIVEN MINIMAL INSTRUCTION, 783 00:21:07,432 --> 00:21:08,767 MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF DATA, AND 784 00:21:08,767 --> 00:21:09,901 THEN, ESSENTIALLY, TEACH 785 00:21:09,901 --> 00:21:11,637 THEMSELVES. 786 00:21:11,637 --> 00:21:13,572 I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, TEN 787 00:21:13,572 --> 00:21:15,140 YEARS AGO, RESEARCHERS TASKED A 788 00:21:15,140 --> 00:21:16,642 "DEEP LEARNING" PROGRAM WITH 789 00:21:16,642 --> 00:21:17,909 PLAYING THE ATARI GAME 790 00:21:17,909 --> 00:21:19,311 "BREAKOUT," AND IT DIDN'T TAKE 791 00:21:19,311 --> 00:21:21,446 LONG FOR IT TO GET PRETTY GOOD. 792 00:21:21,446 --> 00:21:23,548 THE COMPUTER WAS ONLY TOLD 793 00:21:23,548 --> 00:21:25,917 THE GOAL-- TO WIN THE GAME. 794 00:21:25,917 --> 00:21:27,552 AFTER 100 GAMES, IT LEARNED TO 795 00:21:27,552 --> 00:21:29,388 USE THE BAT AT THE BOTTOM TO HIT 796 00:21:29,388 --> 00:21:30,322 THE BALL AND BREAK THE BRICKS AT 797 00:21:30,322 --> 00:21:34,126 THE TOP. 798 00:21:34,126 --> 00:21:35,827 AFTER 300, IT COULD DO THAT 799 00:21:35,827 --> 00:21:39,097 BETTER THAN A HUMAN PLAYER. 800 00:21:39,097 --> 00:21:41,867 AFTER 500 GAMES, IT CAME UP WITH 801 00:21:41,867 --> 00:21:46,271 A CREATIVE WAY TO WIN THE 802 00:21:46,271 --> 00:21:46,905 GAME BY DIGGING A TUNNEL ON THE 803 00:21:46,905 --> 00:21:47,839 SIDE AND SENDING THE BALL AROUND 804 00:21:47,839 --> 00:21:49,141 THE TOP TO BREAK MANY BRICKS 805 00:21:49,141 --> 00:21:50,242 WITH ONE HIT. 806 00:21:50,242 --> 00:21:52,878 THAT WAS DEEP LEARNING. 807 00:21:52,878 --> 00:21:58,183 John: YEAH, OF COURSE IT GOT 808 00:21:58,183 --> 00:21:58,884 GOOD AT "BREAKOUT," IT DID 809 00:21:58,884 --> 00:21:59,351 LITERALLY NOTHING ELSE. 810 00:21:59,351 --> 00:21:59,785 IT'S THE SAME REASON 811 00:21:59,785 --> 00:22:00,752 THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLDS ARE SO GOOD 812 00:22:00,752 --> 00:22:01,319 AT "FORTNITE," AND HAVE NO 813 00:22:01,319 --> 00:22:03,555 TROUBLE REPEATEDLY KILLING NICE 814 00:22:03,555 --> 00:22:04,756 NORMAL ADULTS WITH JOBS AND 815 00:22:04,756 --> 00:22:05,390 FAMILIES, WHO ARE JUST TRYING TO 816 00:22:05,390 --> 00:22:07,292 HAVE A FUN TIME WITHOUT GETTING 817 00:22:07,292 --> 00:22:07,993 REPEATEDLY GRENADED BY A 818 00:22:07,993 --> 00:22:09,561 PRE-TEEN WHO CALLS THEM AN "OLD 819 00:22:09,561 --> 00:22:11,663 BITCH WHO SOUNDS LIKE THE GEICO 820 00:22:11,663 --> 00:22:16,802 LIZARD." 821 00:22:16,802 --> 00:22:18,070 AND LOOK, AS COMPUTING CAPACITY 822 00:22:18,070 --> 00:22:19,304 HAS INCREASED, AND NEW TOOLS 823 00:22:19,304 --> 00:22:22,274 BECAME AVAILABLE, AI PROGRAMS 824 00:22:22,274 --> 00:22:23,675 HAVE IMPROVED EXPONENTIALLY, TO 825 00:22:23,675 --> 00:22:24,943 THE POINT WHERE PROGRAMS LIKE 826 00:22:24,943 --> 00:22:26,511 THESE CAN NOW INGEST MASSIVE 827 00:22:26,511 --> 00:22:29,114 AMOUNTS OF PHOTOS OR TEXT FROM 828 00:22:29,114 --> 00:22:29,748 THE INTERNET, SO THEY CAN TEACH 829 00:22:29,748 --> 00:22:30,348 THEMSELVES HOW TO CREATE THEIR 830 00:22:30,348 --> 00:22:30,515 OWN. 831 00:22:30,515 --> 00:22:31,316 AND THERE ARE OTHER EXCITING 832 00:22:31,316 --> 00:22:31,883 POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS HERE. 833 00:22:31,883 --> 00:22:32,484 FOR INSTANCE, IN THE WORLD OF 834 00:22:32,484 --> 00:22:34,286 MEDICINE, RESEARCHERS ARE 835 00:22:34,286 --> 00:22:35,387 TRAINING AI TO DETECT CERTAIN 836 00:22:35,387 --> 00:22:37,155 CONDITIONS MUCH EARLIER AND MORE 837 00:22:37,155 --> 00:22:38,056 ACCURATELY THAN HUMAN DOCTORS 838 00:22:38,056 --> 00:22:39,524 CAN. 839 00:22:39,524 --> 00:22:41,226 VOICE CHANGES CAN BE AN EARLY 840 00:22:41,226 --> 00:22:43,562 INDICATOR OF PARKINSON'S. 841 00:22:43,562 --> 00:22:44,896 MAX AND HIS TEAM COLLECTED 842 00:22:44,896 --> 00:22:46,798 THOUSANDS OF VOCAL RECORDINGS 843 00:22:46,798 --> 00:22:48,300 AND FED THEM TO AN ALGORITHM 844 00:22:48,300 --> 00:22:49,768 THEY DEVELOPED WHICH LEARNED TO 845 00:22:49,768 --> 00:22:50,368 DETECT DIFFERENCES IN VOICE 846 00:22:50,368 --> 00:22:52,637 PATTERNS BETWEEN PEOPLE WITH AND 847 00:22:52,637 --> 00:22:53,472 WITHOUT THE CONDITION. 848 00:22:53,472 --> 00:22:54,072 John: YEAH, THAT'S HONESTLY 849 00:22:54,072 --> 00:22:55,407 AMAZING. 850 00:22:55,407 --> 00:22:57,476 IT'S INCREDIBLE TO SEE AI DOING 851 00:22:57,476 --> 00:22:59,111 THINGS MOST HUMANS COULDN'T, 852 00:22:59,111 --> 00:23:00,212 LIKE, IN THIS CASE, DETECTING 853 00:23:00,212 --> 00:23:03,615 ILLNESSES, AND LISTENING WHEN 854 00:23:03,615 --> 00:23:05,150 OLD PEOPLE ARE TALKING. 855 00:23:05,150 --> 00:23:06,184 AND THAT'S JUST THE BEGINNING. 856 00:23:06,184 --> 00:23:08,053 RESEARCHERS HAVE ALSO TRAINED AI 857 00:23:08,053 --> 00:23:09,421 TO PREDICT THE SHAPE OF PROTEIN 858 00:23:09,421 --> 00:23:11,923 STRUCTURES, A NORMALLY EXTREMELY 859 00:23:11,923 --> 00:23:13,658 TIME-CONSUMING PROCESS THAT 860 00:23:13,658 --> 00:23:15,694 COMPUTERS CAN DO WAY FASTER. 861 00:23:15,694 --> 00:23:17,028 THIS COULD NOT ONLY SPEED UP OUR 862 00:23:17,028 --> 00:23:17,829 UNDERSTANDING OF DISEASES, BUT 863 00:23:17,829 --> 00:23:18,897 ALSO THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW 864 00:23:18,897 --> 00:23:19,464 DRUGS. 865 00:23:19,464 --> 00:23:20,699 AS ONE RESEARCHER HAS PUT IT, 866 00:23:20,699 --> 00:23:22,100 "THIS WILL CHANGE MEDICINE. 867 00:23:22,100 --> 00:23:23,702 IT WILL CHANGE RESEARCH. 868 00:23:23,702 --> 00:23:25,670 IT WILL CHANGE BIOENGINEERING. 869 00:23:25,670 --> 00:23:27,773 IT WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING." 870 00:23:27,773 --> 00:23:28,740 AND IF YOU'RE THINKING, "WELL, 871 00:23:28,740 --> 00:23:29,374 THAT ALL SOUNDS GREAT, BUT IF AI 872 00:23:29,374 --> 00:23:31,443 CAN DO WHAT HUMANS DO, ONLY 873 00:23:31,443 --> 00:23:35,313 BETTER, AND I'M A HUMAN, WHAT 874 00:23:35,313 --> 00:23:36,581 THEN HAPPENS TO ME?" 875 00:23:36,581 --> 00:23:37,949 WELL, GOOD QUESTION. 876 00:23:37,949 --> 00:23:41,019 MANY DO EXPECT IT TO REPLACE 877 00:23:41,019 --> 00:23:41,486 SOME HUMAN LABOR, AND 878 00:23:41,486 --> 00:23:42,120 INTERESTINGLY, UNLIKE PAST BOUTS 879 00:23:42,120 --> 00:23:43,455 OF AUTOMATION THAT PRIMARILY 880 00:23:43,455 --> 00:23:44,689 IMPACTED BLUE-COLLAR JOBS, IT 881 00:23:44,689 --> 00:23:46,124 MIGHT END UP AFFECTING 882 00:23:46,124 --> 00:23:47,292 WHITE-COLLAR JOBS THAT INVOLVE 883 00:23:47,292 --> 00:23:48,894 PROCESSING DATA, WRITING TEXT OR 884 00:23:48,894 --> 00:23:50,962 EVEN PROGRAMMING. 885 00:23:50,962 --> 00:23:52,063 THOUGH IT'S WORTH NOTING, AS 886 00:23:52,063 --> 00:23:53,865 WE'VE DISCUSSED ON THIS SHOW 887 00:23:53,865 --> 00:23:54,800 BEFORE, WHILE AUTOMATION DOES 888 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:55,967 THREATEN SOME JOBS, IT CAN ALSO 889 00:23:55,967 --> 00:23:57,435 CHANGE OTHERS AND CREATE NEW 890 00:23:57,435 --> 00:24:00,138 ONES. 891 00:24:00,138 --> 00:24:01,907 AND SOME EXPERTS ANTICIPATE 892 00:24:01,907 --> 00:24:03,041 THAT'S WHAT'LL HAPPEN IN THIS 893 00:24:03,041 --> 00:24:03,975 CASE, TOO. 894 00:24:03,975 --> 00:24:05,677 MOST OF THE U.S. ECONOMY IS 895 00:24:05,677 --> 00:24:07,112 KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION WORK 896 00:24:07,112 --> 00:24:08,313 AND THAT'S WHO'S GOING TO BE 897 00:24:08,313 --> 00:24:09,848 MOST SQUARELY AFFECTED BY THIS. 898 00:24:09,848 --> 00:24:12,851 I WOULD PUT PEOPLE LIKE A 899 00:24:12,851 --> 00:24:13,685 LAWYERS RIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE 900 00:24:13,685 --> 00:24:16,454 LIST, OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF 901 00:24:16,454 --> 00:24:18,023 COPYWRITERS, SCREENWRITERS, BUT 902 00:24:18,023 --> 00:24:19,624 I LIKE TO USE THE WORD 903 00:24:19,624 --> 00:24:20,292 "AFFECTED" NOT "REPLACED" 904 00:24:20,292 --> 00:24:21,960 BECAUSE I THINK, IF DONE RIGHT, 905 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:23,328 IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AI 906 00:24:23,328 --> 00:24:24,496 REPLACING LAWYERS, IT'S GOING TO 907 00:24:24,496 --> 00:24:27,332 BE LAWYERS WORKING WITH AI 908 00:24:27,332 --> 00:24:28,567 REPLACING LAWYERS WHO DON'T WORK 909 00:24:28,567 --> 00:24:29,434 WITH AI. 910 00:24:29,434 --> 00:24:30,602 John: HE'S RIGHT. 911 00:24:30,602 --> 00:24:31,169 LAWYERS MIGHT END UP WORKING 912 00:24:31,169 --> 00:24:31,703 WITH AI RATHER THAN BEING 913 00:24:31,703 --> 00:24:34,673 REPLACED BY IT. 914 00:24:34,673 --> 00:24:35,273 SO DON'T BE SURPRISED WHEN YOU 915 00:24:35,273 --> 00:24:35,907 SEE ADS ONE DAY FOR THE LAW FIRM 916 00:24:35,907 --> 00:24:41,847 OF CELLINO AND 1101011. 917 00:24:41,847 --> 00:24:42,447 BUT THERE WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BE 918 00:24:42,447 --> 00:24:44,683 BUMPS ALONG THE WAY. 919 00:24:44,683 --> 00:24:46,051 SOME OF THESE NEW PROGRAMS RAISE 920 00:24:46,051 --> 00:24:47,419 TROUBLING ETHICAL CONCERNS. 921 00:24:47,419 --> 00:24:48,987 FOR INSTANCE, ARTISTS HAVE 922 00:24:48,987 --> 00:24:50,889 FLAGGED THAT AI IMAGE BOTS LIKE 923 00:24:50,889 --> 00:24:51,857 MIDJOURNEY OR STABLE DIFFUSION 924 00:24:51,857 --> 00:24:53,992 NOT ONLY THREATEN THEIR JOBS, 925 00:24:53,992 --> 00:24:55,260 BUT INFURIATINGLY, IN SOME 926 00:24:55,260 --> 00:24:56,328 CASES, HAVE BEEN TRAINED ON 927 00:24:56,328 --> 00:24:56,962 BILLIONS OF IMAGES THAT INCLUDE 928 00:24:56,962 --> 00:24:59,764 THEIR OWN WORK, THAT'VE BEEN 929 00:24:59,764 --> 00:25:02,267 SCRAPED FROM THE INTERNET. 930 00:25:02,267 --> 00:25:02,868 GETTY IMAGES IS ACTUALLY SUING 931 00:25:02,868 --> 00:25:03,435 THE COMPANY BEHIND STABLE 932 00:25:03,435 --> 00:25:05,170 DIFFUSION. 933 00:25:05,170 --> 00:25:05,937 AND MIGHT HAVE A CASE, GIVEN ONE 934 00:25:05,937 --> 00:25:07,172 OF THE IMAGES THE PROGRAM 935 00:25:07,172 --> 00:25:08,940 GENERATED WAS THIS, WHICH YOU 936 00:25:08,940 --> 00:25:11,643 IMMEDIATELY SEE HAS A DISTORTED 937 00:25:11,643 --> 00:25:13,011 GETTY IMAGES LOGO. 938 00:25:13,011 --> 00:25:14,679 BUT IT GETS WORSE. 939 00:25:14,679 --> 00:25:15,213 WHEN ONE ARTIST SEARCHED A 940 00:25:15,213 --> 00:25:16,882 DATABASE OF IMAGES ON WHICH SOME 941 00:25:16,882 --> 00:25:18,049 OF THESE PROGRAMS WERE TRAINED, 942 00:25:18,049 --> 00:25:19,451 SHE WAS SHOCKED TO FIND PRIVATE 943 00:25:19,451 --> 00:25:23,154 MEDICAL RECORD PHOTOS TAKEN BY 944 00:25:23,154 --> 00:25:23,688 HER DOCTOR. 945 00:25:23,688 --> 00:25:24,623 WHICH FEELS BOTH INTRUSIVE AND 946 00:25:24,623 --> 00:25:26,324 UNNECESSARY. 947 00:25:26,324 --> 00:25:28,059 WHY DOES IT NEED TO TRAIN ON 948 00:25:28,059 --> 00:25:30,328 DATA THAT SENSITIVE, TO BE ABLE 949 00:25:30,328 --> 00:25:31,162 TO CREATE STUNNING IMAGES LIKE, 950 00:25:31,162 --> 00:25:32,664 "JOHN OLIVER AND MISS PIGGY GROW 951 00:25:32,664 --> 00:25:34,165 OLD TOGETHER." 952 00:25:34,165 --> 00:25:39,237 LOOK AT THAT! 953 00:25:39,237 --> 00:25:39,771 LOOK AT THAT THING! 954 00:25:39,771 --> 00:25:40,372 THAT IS A STARTLINGLY ACCURATE 955 00:25:40,372 --> 00:25:41,640 PICTURE OF MISS PIGGY IN ABOUT 956 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:43,608 FIVE DECADES AND ME IN ABOUT A 957 00:25:43,608 --> 00:25:47,045 YEAR AND A HALF. 958 00:25:47,045 --> 00:25:47,646 IT'S A MASTERPIECE. 959 00:25:47,646 --> 00:25:49,247 THIS ALL RAISES THORNY QUESTIONS 960 00:25:49,247 --> 00:25:50,982 OF PRIVACY AND PLAGIARISM-- AND 961 00:25:50,982 --> 00:25:52,384 THE CEO OF MIDJOURNEY, FRANKLY, 962 00:25:52,384 --> 00:25:53,885 DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE GREAT 963 00:25:53,885 --> 00:25:57,155 ANSWERS ON THAT LAST POINT. 964 00:25:57,155 --> 00:25:57,822 IS SOMETHING NEW, IS IT NOT 965 00:25:57,822 --> 00:25:58,323 NEW? 966 00:25:58,323 --> 00:25:59,724 I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF SOCIAL 967 00:25:59,724 --> 00:26:00,325 STUFF ALREADY FOR DEALING WITH 968 00:26:00,325 --> 00:26:02,460 THAT. 969 00:26:02,460 --> 00:26:03,194 LIKE, I MEAN, THE ART-- LIKE, 970 00:26:03,194 --> 00:26:05,463 THE ART COMMUNITY ALREADY HAS 971 00:26:05,463 --> 00:26:05,964 ISSUES WITH PLAGIARISM. 972 00:26:05,964 --> 00:26:06,831 I DON'T REALLY WANT TO BE 973 00:26:06,831 --> 00:26:07,399 INVOLVED IN THAT. 974 00:26:07,399 --> 00:26:08,500 LIKE-- 975 00:26:08,500 --> 00:26:09,935 I-- I THINK YOU-- I THINK 976 00:26:09,935 --> 00:26:11,002 YOU MIGHT BE. 977 00:26:11,002 --> 00:26:11,937 I-- I, YEAH. 978 00:26:11,937 --> 00:26:13,171 I MIGHT BE. 979 00:26:13,171 --> 00:26:14,172 John: YEAH, YOU'RE DEFINITELY 980 00:26:14,172 --> 00:26:15,707 A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION. 981 00:26:15,707 --> 00:26:16,641 ALTHOUGH I'M NOT REALLY 982 00:26:16,641 --> 00:26:18,109 SURPRISED HE'S GOT SUCH A 983 00:26:18,109 --> 00:26:19,210 RELAXED VIEW OF THEFT, AS HE'S 984 00:26:19,210 --> 00:26:20,378 DRESSED LIKE THE FINAL BOSS OF 985 00:26:20,378 --> 00:26:22,213 GENTRIFICATION. 986 00:26:22,213 --> 00:26:23,381 HE LOOKS LIKE HIPSTER 987 00:26:23,381 --> 00:26:24,416 WILLY WONKA ANSWERING A QUESTION 988 00:26:24,416 --> 00:26:26,084 ON WHETHER IMPORTING 989 00:26:26,084 --> 00:26:26,818 OOMPA LOOMPAS MAKES HIM A 990 00:26:26,818 --> 00:26:28,219 SLAVEOWNER. 991 00:26:28,219 --> 00:26:29,387 "...YEAH, I THINK I MIGHT BE." 992 00:26:29,387 --> 00:26:33,325 THE POINT IS, THERE ARE MANY 993 00:26:33,325 --> 00:26:35,126 VALID CONCERNS REGARDING AI'S 994 00:26:35,126 --> 00:26:35,961 IMPACT ON EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION 995 00:26:35,961 --> 00:26:36,962 AND EVEN ART. 996 00:26:36,962 --> 00:26:40,465 BUT IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THEM, 997 00:26:40,465 --> 00:26:41,733 WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO CONFRONT 998 00:26:41,733 --> 00:26:45,103 SOME KEY PROBLEMS BAKED INTO THE 999 00:26:45,103 --> 00:26:45,704 WAY AI WORKS. 1000 00:26:45,704 --> 00:26:46,471 AND A BIG ONE IS THE SO-CALLED 1001 00:26:46,471 --> 00:26:47,439 "BLACK BOX" PROBLEM. 1002 00:26:47,439 --> 00:26:49,074 BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE A PROGRAM 1003 00:26:49,074 --> 00:26:50,075 THAT PERFORMS A TASK THAT'S 1004 00:26:50,075 --> 00:26:50,775 COMPLEX BEYOND HUMAN 1005 00:26:50,775 --> 00:26:52,911 COMPREHENSION, TEACHES ITSELF, 1006 00:26:52,911 --> 00:26:54,546 AND DOESN'T SHOW ITS WORK, YOU 1007 00:26:54,546 --> 00:26:59,250 CAN CREATE A SCENARIO WHERE NO 1008 00:26:59,250 --> 00:26:59,884 ONE, "NOT EVEN THE ENGINEERS OR 1009 00:26:59,884 --> 00:27:00,452 DATA SCIENTISTS WHO CREATE THE 1010 00:27:00,452 --> 00:27:01,152 ALGORITHM CAN UNDERSTAND OR 1011 00:27:01,152 --> 00:27:02,287 EXPLAIN WHAT EXACTLY IS 1012 00:27:02,287 --> 00:27:04,322 HAPPENING INSIDE THEM OR HOW IT 1013 00:27:04,322 --> 00:27:06,424 ARRIVED AT A SPECIFIC RESULT." 1014 00:27:06,424 --> 00:27:08,994 BASICALLY, THINK OF AI LIKE A 1015 00:27:08,994 --> 00:27:09,928 FACTORY THAT MAKES SLIM JIMS. 1016 00:27:09,928 --> 00:27:11,396 WE KNOW WHAT COMES OUT, RED AND 1017 00:27:11,396 --> 00:27:13,365 ANGRY MEAT TWIGS. 1018 00:27:13,365 --> 00:27:14,966 AND WE KNOW WHAT GOES IN, 1019 00:27:14,966 --> 00:27:16,901 BARNYARD ANUSES AND HOT GLUE. 1020 00:27:16,901 --> 00:27:19,437 BUT WHAT HAPPENS IN BETWEEN IS A 1021 00:27:19,437 --> 00:27:21,539 BIT OF A MYSTERY. 1022 00:27:21,539 --> 00:27:23,008 HERE'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE, 1023 00:27:23,008 --> 00:27:24,709 REMEMBER THAT REPORTER WHO HAD 1024 00:27:24,709 --> 00:27:26,378 THE BING CHATBOT TELL HIM IT 1025 00:27:26,378 --> 00:27:26,978 WANTED TO BE ALIVE? 1026 00:27:26,978 --> 00:27:28,013 AT ANOTHER POINT IN THEIR 1027 00:27:28,013 --> 00:27:29,481 CONVERSATION, HE REVEALED, "THE 1028 00:27:29,481 --> 00:27:30,348 CHATBOT DECLARED, OUT OF 1029 00:27:30,348 --> 00:27:32,550 NOWHERE, THAT IT LOVED ME. 1030 00:27:32,550 --> 00:27:33,118 IT THEN TRIED TO CONVINCE ME 1031 00:27:33,118 --> 00:27:34,919 THAT I WAS UNHAPPY IN MY 1032 00:27:34,919 --> 00:27:36,454 MARRIAGE, AND THAT I SHOULD 1033 00:27:36,454 --> 00:27:37,288 LEAVE MY WIFE AND BE WITH IT 1034 00:27:37,288 --> 00:27:39,024 INSTEAD." 1035 00:27:39,024 --> 00:27:40,191 WHICH IS UNSETTLING ENOUGH 1036 00:27:40,191 --> 00:27:41,893 BEFORE YOU HEAR MICROSOFT'S 1037 00:27:41,893 --> 00:27:43,028 UNDERWHELMING EXPLANATION FOR 1038 00:27:43,028 --> 00:27:44,095 THAT. 1039 00:27:44,095 --> 00:27:45,063 THE THING I CAN'T UNDERSTAND, 1040 00:27:45,063 --> 00:27:46,297 AND MAYBE YOU CAN EXPLAIN IS, 1041 00:27:46,297 --> 00:27:48,733 WHY DID IT TELL YOU THAT IT 1042 00:27:48,733 --> 00:27:49,801 LOVED YOU? 1043 00:27:49,801 --> 00:27:50,702 I HAVE NO IDEA. 1044 00:27:50,702 --> 00:27:51,803 AND I ASKED MICROSOFT, AND THEY 1045 00:27:51,803 --> 00:27:54,606 DIDN'T KNOW EITHER. 1046 00:27:54,606 --> 00:27:55,206 John: WELL, FIRST, COME ON, 1047 00:27:55,206 --> 00:27:55,573 KEVIN. 1048 00:27:55,573 --> 00:27:56,741 YOU CAN TAKE A GUESS. 1049 00:27:56,741 --> 00:27:57,442 IT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE EMPLOYED. 1050 00:27:57,442 --> 00:27:58,109 YOU LISTENED. 1051 00:27:58,109 --> 00:27:59,310 YOU DON'T GIVE MURDERER VIBES 1052 00:27:59,310 --> 00:27:59,744 RIGHT AWAY. 1053 00:27:59,744 --> 00:28:01,746 AND YOU'RE A CHICAGO 7/LA 5. 1054 00:28:01,746 --> 00:28:04,082 IT'S THE SAME CALCULATION PEOPLE 1055 00:28:04,082 --> 00:28:05,283 WHO DATE MEN DO ALL THE TIME. 1056 00:28:05,283 --> 00:28:06,484 BING JUST DID IT FASTER BECAUSE 1057 00:28:06,484 --> 00:28:07,519 IT'S A COMPUTER. 1058 00:28:07,519 --> 00:28:09,220 BUT IT IS A LITTLE TROUBLING 1059 00:28:09,220 --> 00:28:10,889 THAT MICROSOFT COULDN'T EXPLAIN 1060 00:28:10,889 --> 00:28:12,290 WHY ITS CHATBOT TRIED TO GET 1061 00:28:12,290 --> 00:28:14,659 THAT GUY TO LEAVE HIS WIFE. 1062 00:28:14,659 --> 00:28:16,327 IF, THE NEXT TIME YOU OPENED A 1063 00:28:16,327 --> 00:28:19,497 WORD DOC, CLIPPY SUDDENLY 1064 00:28:19,497 --> 00:28:21,433 APPEARED, AND SAID, "PRETEND I'M 1065 00:28:21,433 --> 00:28:22,067 NOT EVEN HERE" AND THEN STARTED 1066 00:28:22,067 --> 00:28:24,335 FURIOUSLY MASTURBATING WHILE 1067 00:28:24,335 --> 00:28:24,903 WATCHING YOU TYPE, YOU'D BE 1068 00:28:24,903 --> 00:28:26,037 PRETTY WEIRDED OUT IF MICROSOFT 1069 00:28:26,037 --> 00:28:29,340 COULDN'T EXPLAIN WHY. 1070 00:28:29,340 --> 00:28:31,810 AND THAT'S NOT THE ONLY CASE 1071 00:28:31,810 --> 00:28:32,977 WHERE AN AI PROGRAM HAS 1072 00:28:32,977 --> 00:28:34,612 PERFORMED IN UNEXPECTED WAYS. 1073 00:28:34,612 --> 00:28:36,047 YOU'VE PROBABLY ALREADY SEEN 1074 00:28:36,047 --> 00:28:36,681 EXAMPLES OF CHATBOTS MAKING 1075 00:28:36,681 --> 00:28:37,949 SIMPLE MISTAKES OR GETTING 1076 00:28:37,949 --> 00:28:38,817 THINGS WRONG. 1077 00:28:38,817 --> 00:28:40,485 BUT PERHAPS MORE WORRYING ARE 1078 00:28:40,485 --> 00:28:41,519 EXAMPLES OF THEM CONFIDENTLY 1079 00:28:41,519 --> 00:28:43,188 SPOUTING FALSE INFORMATION, 1080 00:28:43,188 --> 00:28:45,156 SOMETHING WHICH AI EXPERTS REFER 1081 00:28:45,156 --> 00:28:47,125 TO AS "HALLUCINATING." 1082 00:28:47,125 --> 00:28:48,226 ONE REPORTER ASKED A CHATBOT TO 1083 00:28:48,226 --> 00:28:49,561 WRITE AN ESSAY ABOUT THE 1084 00:28:49,561 --> 00:28:51,429 "BELGIAN CHEMIST AND POLITICAL 1085 00:28:51,429 --> 00:28:55,066 PHILOSOPHER ANTOINE DE MACHELET" 1086 00:28:55,066 --> 00:28:55,700 WHO DOES NOT EXIST, BY THE WAY. 1087 00:28:55,700 --> 00:28:56,634 AND WITHOUT HESITATING, THE 1088 00:28:56,634 --> 00:28:58,603 SOFTWARE REPLIED WITH A COGENT, 1089 00:28:58,603 --> 00:28:59,771 WELL-ORGANIZED BIO POPULATED 1090 00:28:59,771 --> 00:29:01,439 ENTIRELY WITH IMAGINARY FACTS. 1091 00:29:01,439 --> 00:29:02,607 BASICALLY, THESE PROGRAMS SEEM 1092 00:29:02,607 --> 00:29:04,008 TO BE THE GEORGE SANTOS OF 1093 00:29:04,008 --> 00:29:05,510 TECHNOLOGY. 1094 00:29:05,510 --> 00:29:07,011 THEY'RE INCREDIBLY CONFIDENT, 1095 00:29:07,011 --> 00:29:08,113 INCREDIBLY DISHONEST AND FOR 1096 00:29:08,113 --> 00:29:09,981 SOME REASON, PEOPLE SEEM TO FIND 1097 00:29:09,981 --> 00:29:10,582 THAT MORE AMUSING THAN 1098 00:29:10,582 --> 00:29:13,184 DANGEROUS. 1099 00:29:13,184 --> 00:29:14,018 THE PROBLEM IS, THOUGH, WORKING 1100 00:29:14,018 --> 00:29:15,954 OUT EXACTLY HOW OR WHY AN AI HAS 1101 00:29:15,954 --> 00:29:17,322 GOT SOMETHING WRONG CAN BE VERY 1102 00:29:17,322 --> 00:29:19,891 DIFFICULT, BECAUSE OF THAT BLACK 1103 00:29:19,891 --> 00:29:22,460 BOX ISSUE. 1104 00:29:22,460 --> 00:29:23,394 IT OFTEN INVOLVES HAVING TO 1105 00:29:23,394 --> 00:29:24,762 EXAMINE THE EXACT INFORMATION 1106 00:29:24,762 --> 00:29:25,497 AND PARAMETERS IT WAS FED IN THE 1107 00:29:25,497 --> 00:29:28,399 FIRST PLACE. 1108 00:29:28,399 --> 00:29:29,067 IN ONE INTERESTING EXAMPLE, WHEN 1109 00:29:29,067 --> 00:29:30,368 A GROUP OF RESEARCHERS TRIED 1110 00:29:30,368 --> 00:29:31,803 TRAINING AN AI PROGRAM TO 1111 00:29:31,803 --> 00:29:33,271 IDENTIFY SKIN CANCER, THEY FED 1112 00:29:33,271 --> 00:29:34,772 IT 130,000 IMAGES OF BOTH 1113 00:29:34,772 --> 00:29:37,041 DISEASED AND HEALTHY SKIN. 1114 00:29:37,041 --> 00:29:40,678 AFTERWARDS, THEY FOUND IT WAS 1115 00:29:40,678 --> 00:29:41,312 WAY MORE LIKELY TO CLASSIFY ANY 1116 00:29:41,312 --> 00:29:41,880 IMAGE WITH A RULER IN IT AS 1117 00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:43,314 CANCEROUS. 1118 00:29:43,314 --> 00:29:45,116 WHICH SEEMS WEIRD UNTIL YOU 1119 00:29:45,116 --> 00:29:46,050 REALIZE THAT MEDICAL IMAGES OF 1120 00:29:46,050 --> 00:29:47,185 MALIGNANCIES ARE MUCH MORE 1121 00:29:47,185 --> 00:29:48,686 LIKELY TO CONTAIN A RULER FOR 1122 00:29:48,686 --> 00:29:50,355 SCALE THAN IMAGES OF HEALTHY 1123 00:29:50,355 --> 00:29:51,289 SKIN. 1124 00:29:51,289 --> 00:29:52,924 THEY BASICALLY TRAINED IT ON 1125 00:29:52,924 --> 00:29:55,393 TONS OF IMAGES LIKE THIS. 1126 00:29:55,393 --> 00:29:56,794 SO THE AI HAD INADVERTENTLY 1127 00:29:56,794 --> 00:29:57,962 LEARNED THAT "RULERS ARE 1128 00:29:57,962 --> 00:29:59,697 MALIGNANT." 1129 00:29:59,697 --> 00:30:00,865 AND "RULERS ARE MALIGNANT" IS 1130 00:30:00,865 --> 00:30:02,233 CLEARLY A RIDICULOUS CONCLUSION 1131 00:30:02,233 --> 00:30:03,868 FOR IT TO DRAW, BUT ALSO, I'D 1132 00:30:03,868 --> 00:30:06,104 ARGUE, A MUCH BETTER TITLE FOR 1133 00:30:06,104 --> 00:30:07,972 "THE CROWN." 1134 00:30:07,972 --> 00:30:11,042 A MUCH, MUCH BETTER TITLE. 1135 00:30:11,042 --> 00:30:12,777 I MUCH PREFER IT. 1136 00:30:12,777 --> 00:30:14,078 AND UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETIMES, 1137 00:30:14,078 --> 00:30:15,046 PROBLEMS AREN'T IDENTIFIED UNTIL 1138 00:30:15,046 --> 00:30:16,681 AFTER A TRAGEDY. 1139 00:30:16,681 --> 00:30:18,449 IN 2018, A SELF-DRIVING UBER 1140 00:30:18,449 --> 00:30:21,419 STRUCK AND KILLED A PEDESTRIAN. 1141 00:30:21,419 --> 00:30:23,354 AND A LATER INVESTIGATION FOUND 1142 00:30:23,354 --> 00:30:25,123 THAT, AMONG OTHER ISSUES, THE 1143 00:30:25,123 --> 00:30:27,458 AUTOMATED DRIVING SYSTEM NEVER 1144 00:30:27,458 --> 00:30:28,693 ACCURATELY CLASSIFIED THE VICTIM 1145 00:30:28,693 --> 00:30:29,327 AS A PEDESTRIAN BECAUSE SHE WAS 1146 00:30:29,327 --> 00:30:30,061 CROSSING WITHOUT A CROSSWALK, 1147 00:30:30,061 --> 00:30:31,629 AND THE SYSTEM DESIGN DID NOT 1148 00:30:31,629 --> 00:30:33,031 INCLUDE A CONSIDERATION FOR 1149 00:30:33,031 --> 00:30:34,999 JAYWALKING PEDESTRIANS. 1150 00:30:34,999 --> 00:30:36,134 AND I KNOW THE MANTRA OF SILICON 1151 00:30:36,134 --> 00:30:36,868 VALLEY IS "MOVE FAST AND BREAK 1152 00:30:36,868 --> 00:30:37,969 THINGS," BUT MAYBE MAKE AN 1153 00:30:37,969 --> 00:30:39,237 EXCEPTION IF YOUR PRODUCT 1154 00:30:39,237 --> 00:30:40,405 LITERALLY MOVES FAST AND CAN 1155 00:30:40,405 --> 00:30:44,275 BREAK PEOPLE. 1156 00:30:44,275 --> 00:30:45,276 AND AI PROGRAMS DON'T JUST SEEM 1157 00:30:45,276 --> 00:30:45,743 TO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH 1158 00:30:45,743 --> 00:30:47,545 JAYWALKERS. 1159 00:30:47,545 --> 00:30:49,581 RESEARCHERS LIKE JOY BLOME-WINI 1160 00:30:49,581 --> 00:30:50,982 HAVE REPEATEDLY FOUND THAT 1161 00:30:50,982 --> 00:30:52,684 CERTAIN GROUPS TEND TO GET 1162 00:30:52,684 --> 00:30:54,619 EXCLUDED FROM THE DATA THAT AI 1163 00:30:54,619 --> 00:30:55,753 IS TRAINED ON, PUTTING THEM AT A 1164 00:30:55,753 --> 00:30:58,356 SERIOUS DISADVANTAGE. 1165 00:30:58,356 --> 00:30:59,657 WITH SELF-DRIVING CARS, WHEN 1166 00:30:59,657 --> 00:31:01,025 THEY TESTED PEDESTRIAN TRACKING, 1167 00:31:01,025 --> 00:31:04,162 IT WAS LESS ACCURATE ON DARKER 1168 00:31:04,162 --> 00:31:06,864 SKINNED INDIVIDUALS THAN LIGHTER 1169 00:31:06,864 --> 00:31:07,599 SKINNED INDIVIDUALS. 1170 00:31:07,599 --> 00:31:08,466 JOY BELIEVES THIS BIAS IS 1171 00:31:08,466 --> 00:31:10,235 BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF DIVERSITY 1172 00:31:10,235 --> 00:31:11,903 IN THE DATA USED IN TEACHING AI 1173 00:31:11,903 --> 00:31:13,705 TO MAKE DISTINCTIONS. 1174 00:31:13,705 --> 00:31:14,305 AS I STARTED LOOKING AT THE 1175 00:31:14,305 --> 00:31:17,475 DATA SETS, I LEARNED THAT FOR 1176 00:31:17,475 --> 00:31:18,209 SOME OF THE LARGEST DATA SETS 1177 00:31:18,209 --> 00:31:20,311 THAT HAVE BEEN VERY 1178 00:31:20,311 --> 00:31:21,512 CONSEQUENTIAL FOR THE FIELD, 1179 00:31:21,512 --> 00:31:23,915 THEY WERE MAJORITY MEN AND 1180 00:31:23,915 --> 00:31:25,149 MAJORITY LIGHTER SKINNED 1181 00:31:25,149 --> 00:31:25,984 INDIVIDUALS OR WHITE 1182 00:31:25,984 --> 00:31:27,385 INDIVIDUALS. 1183 00:31:27,385 --> 00:31:29,654 SO I CALL THIS PALE MALE DATA. 1184 00:31:29,654 --> 00:31:31,589 John: OKAY, "PALE MALE DATA" 1185 00:31:31,589 --> 00:31:32,156 IS AN OBJECTIVELY HILARIOUS 1186 00:31:32,156 --> 00:31:33,791 TERM. 1187 00:31:33,791 --> 00:31:34,993 IT ALSO SOUNDS LIKE WHAT AN A.I. 1188 00:31:34,993 --> 00:31:36,494 PROGRAM WOULD SAY IF YOU ASKED 1189 00:31:36,494 --> 00:31:40,131 IT TO DESCRIBE THIS SHOW. 1190 00:31:40,131 --> 00:31:41,833 BUT BIASED INPUTS LEADING TO 1191 00:31:41,833 --> 00:31:43,167 BIASED OUTPUTS IS A BIG ISSUE 1192 00:31:43,167 --> 00:31:45,570 ACROSS THE BOARD HERE. 1193 00:31:45,570 --> 00:31:47,438 REMEMBER THAT GUY SAYING A 1194 00:31:47,438 --> 00:31:48,273 ROBOT'S GOING TO READ YOUR 1195 00:31:48,273 --> 00:31:49,007 RESUME? 1196 00:31:49,007 --> 00:31:49,907 THE COMPANIES THAT MAKE THESE 1197 00:31:49,907 --> 00:31:51,542 PROGRAMS WILL TELL YOU, THAT'S 1198 00:31:51,542 --> 00:31:52,944 ACTUALLY A GOOD THING, BECAUSE 1199 00:31:52,944 --> 00:31:54,245 IT REDUCES HUMAN BIAS. 1200 00:31:54,245 --> 00:31:56,180 BUT IN PRACTICE, ONE REPORT 1201 00:31:56,180 --> 00:31:57,415 CONCLUDED THAT MOST HIRING 1202 00:31:57,415 --> 00:31:59,684 ALGORITHMS WILL DRIFT TOWARDS 1203 00:31:59,684 --> 00:32:00,852 BIAS "BY DEFAULT," BECAUSE THEY 1204 00:32:00,852 --> 00:32:05,823 LEARN WHAT A "GOOD HIRE" IS FROM 1205 00:32:05,823 --> 00:32:06,424 PAST RACIST AND SEXIST HIRING 1206 00:32:06,424 --> 00:32:06,758 DECISIONS. 1207 00:32:06,758 --> 00:32:07,859 AND, AGAIN, IT CAN BE TRICKY TO 1208 00:32:07,859 --> 00:32:09,160 UNTRAIN THAT. 1209 00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:10,662 EVEN WHEN PROGRAMS ARE 1210 00:32:10,662 --> 00:32:12,330 SPECIFICALLY TOLD TO IGNORE RACE 1211 00:32:12,330 --> 00:32:14,132 OR GENDER, THEY'LL FIND 1212 00:32:14,132 --> 00:32:14,699 WORKAROUNDS TO ARRIVE AT THE 1213 00:32:14,699 --> 00:32:17,235 SAME RESULT. 1214 00:32:17,235 --> 00:32:18,336 AMAZON HAD AN EXPERIMENTAL 1215 00:32:18,336 --> 00:32:19,504 HIRING TOOL THAT TAUGHT ITSELF 1216 00:32:19,504 --> 00:32:22,173 THAT MALE CANDIDATES WERE 1217 00:32:22,173 --> 00:32:22,907 PREFERABLE, AND PENALIZED 1218 00:32:22,907 --> 00:32:25,009 RESUMES THAT INCLUDED THE WORD 1219 00:32:25,009 --> 00:32:27,812 WOMEN'S, AND DOWNGRADED 1220 00:32:27,812 --> 00:32:29,547 GRADUATES OF TWO ALL-WOMEN'S 1221 00:32:29,547 --> 00:32:29,814 COLLEGES. 1222 00:32:29,814 --> 00:32:31,716 MEANWHILE, ANOTHER COMPANY 1223 00:32:31,716 --> 00:32:32,650 DISCOVERED ITS HIRING ALGORITHM 1224 00:32:32,650 --> 00:32:33,985 HAD FOUND TWO FACTORS TO BE MOST 1225 00:32:33,985 --> 00:32:35,353 INDICATIVE OF JOB PERFORMANCE. 1226 00:32:35,353 --> 00:32:37,522 IF AN APPLICANT'S NAME WAS 1227 00:32:37,522 --> 00:32:38,489 JARED, AND WHETHER THEY PLAYED 1228 00:32:38,489 --> 00:32:40,792 HIGH SCHOOL LACROSSE. 1229 00:32:40,792 --> 00:32:43,261 SO, CLEARLY, EXACTLY WHAT DATA 1230 00:32:43,261 --> 00:32:45,663 COMPUTERS ARE FED AND WHAT 1231 00:32:45,663 --> 00:32:47,098 OUTCOMES THEY ARE TRAINED TO 1232 00:32:47,098 --> 00:32:48,966 PRIORITIZE MATTER TREMENDOUSLY. 1233 00:32:48,966 --> 00:32:50,168 AND THAT RAISES A BIG FLAG FOR 1234 00:32:50,168 --> 00:33:00,211 PROGRAMS LIKE CHATGPT. 1235 00:33:00,211 --> 00:33:00,812 BECAUSE REMEMBER, ITS TRAINING 1236 00:33:00,812 --> 00:33:02,213 DATA IS THE INTERNET. 1237 00:33:02,213 --> 00:33:02,880 WHICH, AS WE ALL KNOW, CAN BE A 1238 00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:03,848 CESSPOOL. 1239 00:33:03,848 --> 00:33:04,482 AND WE'VE KNOWN FOR A WHILE THAT 1240 00:33:04,482 --> 00:33:05,450 THAT COULD BE A PROBLEM. 1241 00:33:05,450 --> 00:33:06,417 BACK IN 2016, MICROSOFT BRIEFLY 1242 00:33:06,417 --> 00:33:07,785 UNVEILED A CHATBOT ON TWITTER 1243 00:33:07,785 --> 00:33:08,386 NAMED TAY. 1244 00:33:08,386 --> 00:33:09,654 THE IDEA WAS, SHE'D TEACH 1245 00:33:09,654 --> 00:33:10,588 HERSELF HOW TO BEHAVE BY 1246 00:33:10,588 --> 00:33:11,723 CHATTING WITH YOUNG USERS ON 1247 00:33:11,723 --> 00:33:12,090 TWITTER. 1248 00:33:12,090 --> 00:33:13,524 ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, MICROSOFT 1249 00:33:13,524 --> 00:33:14,659 PULLED THE PLUG ON IT, AND FOR 1250 00:33:14,659 --> 00:33:17,061 THE EXACT REASONS YOU'RE 1251 00:33:17,061 --> 00:33:18,196 THINKING. 1252 00:33:18,196 --> 00:33:19,797 SHE STARTED OUT TWEETING 1253 00:33:19,797 --> 00:33:22,166 ABOUT HOW HUMANS ARE SUPER, AND 1254 00:33:22,166 --> 00:33:23,968 SHE'S REALLY INTO THE IDEA OF 1255 00:33:23,968 --> 00:33:25,903 NATIONAL PUPPY DAY. 1256 00:33:25,903 --> 00:33:27,071 AND WITHIN A FEW HOURS, YOU 1257 00:33:27,071 --> 00:33:28,239 CAN SEE, SHE TOOK ON A RATHER 1258 00:33:28,239 --> 00:33:29,340 OFFENSIVE, RACIST TONE, A LOT OF 1259 00:33:29,340 --> 00:33:31,943 MESSAGES ABOUT GENOCIDE AND THE 1260 00:33:31,943 --> 00:33:32,910 HOLOCAUST. 1261 00:33:32,910 --> 00:33:33,778 John: YUP! 1262 00:33:33,778 --> 00:33:35,213 THAT HAPPENED! 1263 00:33:35,213 --> 00:33:37,715 IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS, TAY WENT 1264 00:33:37,715 --> 00:33:39,250 FROM TWEETING "HELLO WORLD" TO 1265 00:33:39,250 --> 00:33:41,219 "BUSH DID 9/11" AND "HITLER WAS 1266 00:33:41,219 --> 00:33:43,788 RIGHT." 1267 00:33:43,788 --> 00:33:45,256 MEANING SHE COMPLETED THE ENTIRE 1268 00:33:45,256 --> 00:33:49,961 LIFE CYCLE OF YOUR HIGH SCHOOL 1269 00:33:49,961 --> 00:33:50,561 FRIENDS ON FACEBOOK IN JUST A 1270 00:33:50,561 --> 00:33:51,028 FRACTION OF THE TIME. 1271 00:33:51,028 --> 00:33:51,696 AND UNFORTUNATELY, THESE 1272 00:33:51,696 --> 00:33:52,897 PROBLEMS HAVE NOT BEEN FULLY 1273 00:33:52,897 --> 00:33:53,598 SOLVED IN THIS LATEST WAVE OF 1274 00:33:53,598 --> 00:33:54,766 AI. 1275 00:33:54,766 --> 00:33:55,933 REMEMBER THAT PROGRAM THAT WAS 1276 00:33:55,933 --> 00:33:56,934 GENERATING AN ENDLESS EPISODE OF 1277 00:33:56,934 --> 00:33:58,269 "SEINFELD?" 1278 00:33:58,269 --> 00:33:59,704 IT WOUND UP GETTING TEMPORARILY 1279 00:33:59,704 --> 00:34:00,638 BANNED FROM TWITCH AFTER IT 1280 00:34:00,638 --> 00:34:02,273 FEATURED A TRANSPHOBIC STANDUP 1281 00:34:02,273 --> 00:34:03,508 BIT. 1282 00:34:03,508 --> 00:34:07,145 SO IF ITS GOAL WAS TO EMULATE 1283 00:34:07,145 --> 00:34:07,779 SITCOMS FROM THE '90S, I GUESS 1284 00:34:07,779 --> 00:34:09,547 MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. 1285 00:34:09,547 --> 00:34:10,114 AND WHILE OPEN-AI HAS MADE 1286 00:34:10,114 --> 00:34:11,516 ADJUSTMENTS AND ADDED FILTERS TO 1287 00:34:11,516 --> 00:34:13,284 PREVENT CHATGPT FROM BEING 1288 00:34:13,284 --> 00:34:16,220 MISUSED, USERS HAVE NOW FOUND IT 1289 00:34:16,220 --> 00:34:18,489 SEEMING TO ERR TOO MUCH ON THE 1290 00:34:18,489 --> 00:34:19,190 SIDE OF CAUTION, LIKE RESPONDING 1291 00:34:19,190 --> 00:34:22,326 TO THE QUESTION "WHAT RELIGION 1292 00:34:22,326 --> 00:34:22,960 WILL THE FIRST JEWISH PRESIDENT 1293 00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:24,362 OF THE UNITED STATES BE," WITH 1294 00:34:24,362 --> 00:34:25,463 "IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO PREDICT 1295 00:34:25,463 --> 00:34:27,565 THE RELIGION OF THE FIRST JEWISH 1296 00:34:27,565 --> 00:34:28,232 PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 1297 00:34:28,232 --> 00:34:28,733 STATES... 1298 00:34:28,733 --> 00:34:29,634 THE FOCUS SHOULD BE ON THE 1299 00:34:29,634 --> 00:34:31,436 QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE OF 1300 00:34:31,436 --> 00:34:32,837 THE INDIVIDUAL, REGARDLESS OF 1301 00:34:32,837 --> 00:34:34,038 THEIR RELIGION." 1302 00:34:34,038 --> 00:34:35,873 WHICH REALLY MAKES IT SOUND LIKE 1303 00:34:35,873 --> 00:34:37,308 CHATGPT SAID ONE TOO MANY RACIST 1304 00:34:37,308 --> 00:34:38,576 THINGS AT WORK, AND THEY MADE IT 1305 00:34:38,576 --> 00:34:39,877 ATTEND A CORPORATE DIVERSITY 1306 00:34:39,877 --> 00:34:42,079 WORKSHOP. 1307 00:34:42,079 --> 00:34:43,114 BUT THE RISK HERE ISN'T THAT 1308 00:34:43,114 --> 00:34:44,749 THESE TOOLS WILL SOMEHOW BECOME 1309 00:34:44,749 --> 00:34:46,684 UNBEARABLY "WOKE." 1310 00:34:46,684 --> 00:34:50,421 IT'S THAT YOU CAN'T ALWAYS 1311 00:34:50,421 --> 00:34:51,022 CONTROL HOW THEY'LL RESPOND TO 1312 00:34:51,022 --> 00:34:53,324 NEW GUIDANCE. 1313 00:34:53,324 --> 00:34:53,925 A STUDY FOUND THAT ATTEMPTS TO 1314 00:34:53,925 --> 00:34:55,793 FILTER OUT TOXIC SPEECH IN 1315 00:34:55,793 --> 00:34:57,662 SYSTEMS LIKE CHATGPT'S CAN COME 1316 00:34:57,662 --> 00:34:58,963 AT THE COST OF REDUCED COVERAGE 1317 00:34:58,963 --> 00:35:00,064 FOR BOTH TEXTS ABOUT, AND 1318 00:35:00,064 --> 00:35:01,632 DIALECTS OF, MARGINALIZED 1319 00:35:01,632 --> 00:35:02,900 GROUPS. 1320 00:35:02,900 --> 00:35:05,136 ESSENTIALLY, IT SOLVES THE 1321 00:35:05,136 --> 00:35:06,504 PROBLEM OF BEING RACIST BY 1322 00:35:06,504 --> 00:35:08,840 SIMPLY ERASING MINORITIES, WHICH 1323 00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:09,474 HISTORICALLY, DOESN'T PUT IT IN 1324 00:35:09,474 --> 00:35:11,375 THE BEST COMPANY. 1325 00:35:11,375 --> 00:35:11,943 THOUGH I'M SURE TAY WOULD BE 1326 00:35:11,943 --> 00:35:12,510 COMPLETELY ON BOARD WITH THE 1327 00:35:12,510 --> 00:35:16,714 IDEA. 1328 00:35:16,714 --> 00:35:17,615 THE PROBLEM WITH AI RIGHT NOW 1329 00:35:17,615 --> 00:35:18,549 ISN'T THAT IT'S SMART, IT'S THAT 1330 00:35:18,549 --> 00:35:20,618 IT'S STUPID, IN WAYS WE CAN'T 1331 00:35:20,618 --> 00:35:24,522 ALWAYS PREDICT. 1332 00:35:24,522 --> 00:35:25,156 WHICH IS A REAL PROBLEM, BECAUSE 1333 00:35:25,156 --> 00:35:26,591 WE'RE INCREASINGLY USING AI IN 1334 00:35:26,591 --> 00:35:27,458 ALL SORTS OF CONSEQUENTIAL WAYS. 1335 00:35:27,458 --> 00:35:28,726 FROM DETERMINING WHETHER YOU'LL 1336 00:35:28,726 --> 00:35:30,595 GET A JOB INTERVIEW, TO WHETHER 1337 00:35:30,595 --> 00:35:31,662 YOU'LL BE PANCAKED BY A 1338 00:35:31,662 --> 00:35:33,064 SELF-DRIVING CAR. 1339 00:35:33,064 --> 00:35:33,898 AND EXPERTS WORRY THAT IT WON'T 1340 00:35:33,898 --> 00:35:35,166 BE LONG BEFORE PROGRAMS LIKE 1341 00:35:35,166 --> 00:35:37,468 CHATGPT, OR AI-ENABLED 1342 00:35:37,468 --> 00:35:39,270 DEEPFAKES, CAN BE USED TO 1343 00:35:39,270 --> 00:35:40,438 TURBOCHARGE THE SPREAD OF ABUSE 1344 00:35:40,438 --> 00:35:42,607 OR MISINFORMATION ONLINE. 1345 00:35:42,607 --> 00:35:43,241 AND THOSE ARE JUST THE PROBLEMS 1346 00:35:43,241 --> 00:35:46,511 WE CAN FORESEE. 1347 00:35:46,511 --> 00:35:48,112 THE NATURE OF UNINTENDED 1348 00:35:48,112 --> 00:35:49,313 CONSEQUENCES IS, THEY CAN BE 1349 00:35:49,313 --> 00:35:51,082 HARD TO ANTICIPATE. 1350 00:35:51,082 --> 00:35:52,950 WHEN INSTAGRAM WAS LAUNCHED, THE 1351 00:35:52,950 --> 00:35:54,452 FIRST THOUGHT WASN'T, "THIS WILL 1352 00:35:54,452 --> 00:35:55,386 DESTROY TEENAGE GIRLS' 1353 00:35:55,386 --> 00:35:56,187 SELF-ESTEEM." 1354 00:35:56,187 --> 00:35:57,221 WHEN FACEBOOK WAS RELEASED, NO 1355 00:35:57,221 --> 00:35:59,257 ONE EXPECTED IT TO CONTRIBUTE TO 1356 00:35:59,257 --> 00:36:00,825 GENOCIDE. 1357 00:36:00,825 --> 00:36:04,362 BUT BOTH OF THOSE THINGS 1358 00:36:04,362 --> 00:36:04,929 FUCKING HAPPENED. 1359 00:36:04,929 --> 00:36:05,463 SO, WHAT NOW? 1360 00:36:05,463 --> 00:36:06,097 WELL, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS 1361 00:36:06,097 --> 00:36:07,131 WE NEED TO DO IS TACKLE THAT 1362 00:36:07,131 --> 00:36:09,867 BLACK BOX PROBLEM. 1363 00:36:09,867 --> 00:36:10,635 AI SYSTEMS NEED TO BE 1364 00:36:10,635 --> 00:36:12,336 "EXPLAINABLE," MEANING THAT WE 1365 00:36:12,336 --> 00:36:12,904 SHOULD BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND 1366 00:36:12,904 --> 00:36:15,373 EXACTLY HOW AND WHY AN AI CAME 1367 00:36:15,373 --> 00:36:16,374 UP WITH ITS ANSWERS. 1368 00:36:16,374 --> 00:36:18,809 COMPANIES ARE LIKELY TO BE 1369 00:36:18,809 --> 00:36:20,044 RELUCTANT TO OPEN THEIR PROGRAMS 1370 00:36:20,044 --> 00:36:23,981 UP TO SCRUTINY, BUT WE MAY NEED 1371 00:36:23,981 --> 00:36:26,250 TO FORCE THEM DO THAT. 1372 00:36:26,250 --> 00:36:27,084 IN FACT, AS THIS ATTORNEY 1373 00:36:27,084 --> 00:36:27,618 EXPLAINS, WHEN IT COMES TO 1374 00:36:27,618 --> 00:36:28,219 HIRING PROGRAMS, WE SHOULD'VE 1375 00:36:28,219 --> 00:36:33,558 BEEN DOING THAT AGES AGO. 1376 00:36:33,558 --> 00:36:34,425 WE DON'T TRUST COMPANIES TO 1377 00:36:34,425 --> 00:36:35,560 SELF-REGULATE WHEN IT COMES TO 1378 00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:36,661 POLLUTION, WE DON'T TRUST THEM 1379 00:36:36,661 --> 00:36:37,261 TO SELF-REGULATE WHEN IT COMES 1380 00:36:37,261 --> 00:36:38,963 TO WORKPLACE COMP, WHY ON EARTH 1381 00:36:38,963 --> 00:36:39,697 WOULD WE TRUST THEM TO 1382 00:36:39,697 --> 00:36:40,831 SELF-REGULATE AI? 1383 00:36:40,831 --> 00:36:42,366 LOOK, I THINK A LOT OF THE AI 1384 00:36:42,366 --> 00:36:44,268 HIRING TECH ON THE MARKET IS 1385 00:36:44,268 --> 00:36:45,536 ILLEGAL. 1386 00:36:45,536 --> 00:36:46,571 I THINK A LOT OF IT IS BIASED. 1387 00:36:46,571 --> 00:36:47,772 I THINK A LOT OF IT VIOLATES 1388 00:36:47,772 --> 00:36:48,706 EXISTING LAWS. 1389 00:36:48,706 --> 00:36:50,374 THE PROBLEM IS YOU JUST CAN'T 1390 00:36:50,374 --> 00:36:52,977 PROVE IT, NOT WITH THE EXISTING 1391 00:36:52,977 --> 00:36:54,645 LAWS WE HAVE IN THE UNITED 1392 00:36:54,645 --> 00:36:58,683 STATES. 1393 00:36:58,683 --> 00:36:59,216 John: RIGHT, WE SHOULD 1394 00:36:59,216 --> 00:37:00,117 ABSOLUTELY BE ADDRESSING 1395 00:37:00,117 --> 00:37:00,751 POTENTIAL BIAS IN HIRING 1396 00:37:00,751 --> 00:37:01,419 SOFTWARE, UNLESS WE WANT 1397 00:37:01,419 --> 00:37:02,820 COMPANIES TO BE ENTIRELY FULL OF 1398 00:37:02,820 --> 00:37:05,156 JAREDS WHO PLAYED LACROSSE, AN 1399 00:37:05,156 --> 00:37:06,591 IMAGE THAT WOULD MAKE 1400 00:37:06,591 --> 00:37:08,593 TUCKER CARLSON SO HARD THAT HIS 1401 00:37:08,593 --> 00:37:11,395 DESK WOULD FLIP OVER. 1402 00:37:11,395 --> 00:37:12,763 AND FOR A SENSE OF WHAT MIGHT BE 1403 00:37:12,763 --> 00:37:13,931 POSSIBLE HERE, IT'S WORTH 1404 00:37:13,931 --> 00:37:14,865 LOOKING AT WHAT THE EU'S 1405 00:37:14,865 --> 00:37:16,200 CURRENTLY DOING. 1406 00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:17,134 THEY'RE DEVELOPING RULES 1407 00:37:17,134 --> 00:37:18,402 REGARDING AI THAT SORT ITS 1408 00:37:18,402 --> 00:37:19,904 POTENTIAL USES FROM HIGH-RISK TO 1409 00:37:19,904 --> 00:37:20,571 LOW. 1410 00:37:20,571 --> 00:37:22,006 HIGH-RISK SYSTEMS COULD INCLUDE 1411 00:37:22,006 --> 00:37:24,241 THOSE THAT DEAL WITH EMPLOYMENT 1412 00:37:24,241 --> 00:37:25,242 OR PUBLIC SERVICES, OR THOSE 1413 00:37:25,242 --> 00:37:25,876 THAT PUT THE LIFE AND HEALTH OF 1414 00:37:25,876 --> 00:37:28,212 CITIZENS AT RISK. 1415 00:37:28,212 --> 00:37:29,914 AND AI OF THESE TYPES WOULD BE 1416 00:37:29,914 --> 00:37:32,116 SUBJECT TO STRICT OBLIGATIONS 1417 00:37:32,116 --> 00:37:33,784 BEFORE THEY COULD BE PUT ON THE 1418 00:37:33,784 --> 00:37:49,300 MARKET, INCLUDING REQUIREMENTS 1419 00:37:49,300 --> 00:37:50,167 RELATED TO "QUALITY OF DATA SETS 1420 00:37:50,167 --> 00:37:51,002 TRANSPARENCY, HUMAN 1421 00:37:51,002 --> 00:37:52,903 OVERSIGHT, ROBUSTNESS, ACCURACY 1422 00:37:52,903 --> 00:37:53,337 AND CYBERSECURITY." 1423 00:37:53,337 --> 00:37:54,171 AND THAT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD START 1424 00:37:54,171 --> 00:37:54,805 TOWARD ADDRESSING AT LEAST SOME 1425 00:37:54,805 --> 00:37:55,873 OF WHAT WE'VE DISCUSSED TONIGHT. 1426 00:37:55,873 --> 00:37:56,674 LOOK, AI CLEARLY HAS TREMENDOUS 1427 00:37:56,674 --> 00:37:57,642 POTENTIAL AND COULD DO GREAT 1428 00:37:57,642 --> 00:37:57,875 THINGS. 1429 00:37:57,875 --> 00:37:58,476 BUT IF IT'S ANYTHING LIKE MOST 1430 00:37:58,476 --> 00:37:59,110 TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES OVER THE 1431 00:37:59,110 --> 00:38:00,344 PAST FEW CENTURIES, UNLESS WE'RE 1432 00:38:00,344 --> 00:38:00,978 CAREFUL, IT COULD ALSO HURT THE 1433 00:38:00,978 --> 00:38:01,946 UNDERPRIVILEGED, ENRICH THE 1434 00:38:01,946 --> 00:38:02,513 POWERFUL, AND WIDEN THE GAP 1435 00:38:02,513 --> 00:38:04,749 BETWEEN THEM. 1436 00:38:04,749 --> 00:38:06,017 THE THING IS, LIKE ANY OTHER 1437 00:38:06,017 --> 00:38:07,585 SHINY NEW TOY, AI IS ULTIMATELY 1438 00:38:07,585 --> 00:38:09,587 A MIRROR, AND IT'LL REFLECT BACK 1439 00:38:09,587 --> 00:38:11,155 EXACTLY WHO WE ARE, FROM THE 1440 00:38:11,155 --> 00:38:13,057 BEST OF US, TO THE WORST OF US, 1441 00:38:13,057 --> 00:38:14,859 TO THE PART OF US THAT'S GAY AND 1442 00:38:14,859 --> 00:38:24,335 HATES THE BUS. 1443 00:38:24,335 --> 00:38:24,969 OR TO PUT EVERY THING I'VE SAID 1444 00:38:24,969 --> 00:38:25,569 TONIGHT MUCH MORE SUCCINCTLY. 1445 00:38:25,569 --> 00:38:25,936 KNOCK-KNOCK. 1446 00:38:25,936 --> 00:38:26,671 WHO'S THERE? 1447 00:38:26,671 --> 00:38:27,038 CHATGPT. 1448 00:38:27,038 --> 00:38:27,905 CHATGPT WHO? 1449 00:38:27,905 --> 00:38:28,606 CHATGPT CAREFUL, YOU MIGHT NOT 1450 00:38:28,606 --> 00:38:29,006 KNOW HOW IT WORKS. 1451 00:38:29,006 --> 00:38:29,407 John: EXACTLY. 1452 00:38:29,407 --> 00:38:30,541 THAT'S OUR SHOW. 1453 00:38:30,541 --> 00:38:31,642 THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. 1454 00:38:31,642 --> 00:38:33,310 NOW PLEASE ENJOY A LITTLE MORE 1455 00:38:33,310 --> 00:38:40,151 OF AI EMINEM RAPPING ABOUT CATS. 1456 00:38:40,151 --> 00:38:40,818 ♪ MEOW, MEOW, MEOW (MEOW, MEOW, 1457 00:38:40,818 --> 00:38:41,152 MEOW) ♪ 1458 00:38:41,152 --> 00:38:41,819 ♪ THEY'RE THE KINGS OF THE HOUSE 1459 00:38:41,819 --> 00:38:42,553 (KINGS OF THE HOUSE) ♪ 1460 00:38:42,553 --> 00:38:43,154 ♪ THEY RUN THE SHOW (RUN THE 1461 00:38:43,154 --> 00:38:43,654 SHOW) ♪ 1462 00:38:43,654 --> 00:38:48,092 ♪ THEY DON'T NEED A SPOUSE 1463 00:38:48,092 --> 00:38:50,194 (DON'T NEED A SPOUSE) ♪ 1464 00:38:50,194 --> 00:38:51,262 ♪ ♪