Ever wonder how AI got so good? Well, the title gives a dramatic interpretation of how it happened. Large language models and other AI models have had some algorithmic improvements, but have largely grown due to the massive amounts of data it has to learn from.

Do you feel like things are becoming worse around the world? Or that there are more people with extermist views? Or that societies across the world are becoming more and more divided? Well none of these perspectives are an accuratre representation of the world.

Engineers should have ethics and standards of practices so that they don't contribute to things that are detrimental and bad.

Ever heard of "ethically sourced XYZ"?, like ethically sourced diamonds, ethically sourced coffee beans, etc. The reason this exists is because of the nature of where these resources comes from. Many of these resources come from third and second world countries that have minimal or non enforced labor laws, esentially allowing slavery to take place.

Imagine making hundreds of dollars from your comments, playlists and algorithms. Well, you can, all it takes is a change of business models. Ditch advertisements and use microtransactions.

Large Language Models (AI) are taking the internet by storm with its capabilities. But at what cost? LLMs like ChatGPT have used data sourced from the internet without permission. But there is a way to fix this, Ethically Sourced Data.