Breaking the Pattern - AI and Homo sapiens | Giorgio Torre | TEDxDilmun

Historical Context & Societal Impact - Technological revolutions, from fire to AI, have historically created divides, empowering some while leaving others behind [3][4][5][6][7][8][19] - Agriculture, while powering civilization, led to inequality, hierarchy, slavery, and war [5] - The industrial revolution, despite increasing output and innovation, resulted in child labor and pollution [8] AI's Current Divides - Algorithmic divide: A few companies control the algorithms that dictate the rules [14] - Compute and energy divide: Africa, with 14 亿 (1.4 billion) people, has access to less than 1% of global compute [14] - Data divide: 95% of large language models (LLMs) are trained in English, despite it being only the fifth language by native speakers [16] - Capital divide: Developing LLMs requires hundreds of billions of dollars, creating a barrier to market entry [17][18] Digital Inclusion & The Internet - Only 67% of the global population has access to the internet, leaving 26 亿 (2.6 billion) individuals cut off from the digital economy [10] Call to Action - Learn how to use AI and integrate it into daily life [20] - Share AI knowledge with peers, network, family, and friends to ensure no one is left behind [20][21] - Demand responsibility from organizations regarding data usage [21]