Small AI vs Big AI

Year 6 to 12 parents and teachers

Small AI is personal AI controlled by you and that runs on a handheld device or on a small servers, whereas Big AI is data center-based, owned and run by the Molochs. As we use their tech, we’ll be owned by them. The Big AI will then decide what’s left for us humans to be involved with, leaving us husks of our former selves.

Small AI are personal assistants of all forms and kinds that process personal data from encrypted vaults, without broadcasting it around. They support a skill, help form a habit, encourage you to learn and socialize both offline and online, and take boring tasks and other chores off your shoulder. They are enrichments to your life, that give more space where you might flourish.

Big AI relies on Reputation Systems gathered from your digital footprint and potentially result in Social Credit dystopic hellscapes that are on the rise. “Social Credit” … the whole notion is disgusting as if the social fabric of humanity is a debit / credit system.

Adapted from a post by Humane Tech Community.

Question: What are your concerns about AI and your privacy?

Casper Pieters PhD Dip Ed is an author and educator who uses adventure narratives to enliven the ICT curriculum for young people. www.casperpieters.com