This week Smera explains to Jonah some of the intricacies of the global 'Chip War'. They explore claims of labour exploitation in the name of AI safety, and discuss how many whales you can fit inside a supercomputer.
Smera tells us how deepfakes are being used for good during Diwali and the team enjoy a brand new DJ GEF inspired remix of the intro music.
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Episode sources
SOURCES
CHIPS
US orders immediate halt to some AI chip exports to China, Nvidia says - BBC News
Nvidia and iPhone maker Foxconn tie-up to build ‘AI factories’ (ft.com) (from last week)
US-China chip war: Beijing unhappy at latest wave of US restrictions - BBC News (from last week)
Exclusive: ChatGPT-owner OpenAI is exploring making its own AI chips | Reuters
Baidu order AI chips from Huawei
EXPLOITATION
Mhairi Aitken’s Turing Lecture
OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 Per Hour: Exclusive | Time - Jan 23
The Exploited Labor Behind Artificial Intelligence (noemamag.com) - Oct 22
https://restofworld.org/2021/refugees-machine-learning-big-tech/
https://srinstitute.utoronto.ca/news/the-data-production-dispositif
https://media.nature.com/original/magazine-assets/d41586-020-02003-2/d41586-020-02003-2.pdf
The trauma floor - Feb 2019
SUPERCOMPUTER
Bristol and Cambs to host supercomputers
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