General AI
What does AI stand for?
Artificial Intelligence
How many bits in a byte?
8
What two resources does AI tend to use a lot of?
Water and electricity
Name two instances of when you create data that AI might use
Social media, signing up for services, posting videos/recordings of your voice
When AI makes up a fact, it's called a:
hallucination
Each additional bit increases the number of states that data can represent by a factor of ____
2
Why are AI data centers frequently built in the desert?
Cheap land!
Name 3 different AI models
ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Claude, among others
How can you tell if text is AI-generated?
Big words, meaningless sentences, made-up sources
Half a byte is called a ______ and contains ___ bits
nibble; 4
Make an argument that the resource use of AI is not that big of a deal
Each AI prompt uses similar resources to common household activities, not to mention things like driving, eating meat, and extracting fossil fuels are typically seen as much more environmentally harmful
What's 25? (how many states can be stored in 5 bits?)
What does "LLM" stand for?
Large language model
How many KB in a MB?
1024
What's the difference between classification and generation, and which typically uses more energy for AI?
Classification: identifying, sorting
Generation: creation
Generation (of image, text, video) always takes more energy than classification
What is the "goal" of an AI model when you're talking to it? What does it prioritize in its output?
Define binary decision making
Making decisions by repeatedly breaking down problems into two groups over and over again (yes/no questions forever)
How many 1 GB movie files can be stored in a 1 PB drive?
Around a million! (officially 1,048,576)
MIT (2025) predicts the energy cost of using Sora to generate a 5-second video is the same as ______________________________
Using an average microwave for an hour
What's the Turing Test and how does it relate to AI development?
A computer that passes the Turing Test produces content indistinguishable from that of a human; models passing the Turing Test is the goal of many AI companies