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Have we once again been blinded by the shine of Silicon Valley and the promise of artificial intelligence? VPRO Tegenlicht shows the reality behind the smokescreen that Silicon Valley presents to us, speaks to people who are busy dissecting the global AI industry and uses the possibilities of the latest AI products to portray the places and give a face to the people that Big Tech would rather not be seen. Because behind the recent success of AI lies the use of even more raw materials, even more data, even more computing power and even larger server parks. If you zoom out, you will see that AI is a hungry beast that has to be fed with the fastest chips, enormous data sets and poorly paid labor. In the form of silicon mines, endless rows of power-guzzling servers or Syrians who label data for the next generation of generative AI. AI turns out not to be a divine machine, but an industry that costs blood, sweat and metals. A system of extraction and exploitation on an industrial scale with major consequences for the earth and humanity. This is a summary of the broadcast 'The price of AI'. Watch the entire episode here: https://www.vpro.nl/programmas/tegenl... More future stories? Follow us here: Website: https://tegenlicht.vpro.nl/ Instagram: / vpro_tegenlicht Facebook: / vprotegenlicht Twitter: / vprotegenlicht Meet-ups: https://www.vpro.nl/programmas/tegenl... Rating: 12, sex