Standing Against AI Hype

Standing Against AI Hype: Reasons, Resources, Practical Strategies

This free 3-part webinar series is designed to help folks take a more informed stand against the hype of generative AI, which is just badly-made software products that are being aggressively marketed as "AI" while causing massive harms to our planet and our lives.

For example: OpenAI (makers of ChatGPT), just released a research report last month in which they admit that AI "hallucinations" are "mathematically inevitable” – there is no way that ChatGPT can guarantee accuracy, consistency, or reliability.

Which means if you are using ChatGPT (or any LLM-based AI product) in healthcare, finance, education, legal applications, or for mental health advice -- you really shouldn't. But chances are that you might not have known about this report, amidst all the AI hype and noise.

That's why I created this free webinar series, to filter through the hype and summarize the four most compelling reasons to not just NOT use AI products, but to actively take a stand against their use. I hope this webinar series is useful for you in your workplace, but also in your conversations with friends and family.

What You Will Learn

Part 1: Generative AI is a Badly-Made Product that Harms the Environment

• Understanding how AI is built by design to be unreliable and wasteful, and why AI has such extreme environmental impacts
• Tue Oct 14, 1pm - 2pm EST

Part 2: Using Generative AI causes Massive Societal, Business, and Economic Harms

• Understanding how the use of generative AI products is causing increasing harms to our lives, our work, and our learning, while creating a massive economic bubble of uncontrolled spending
• Tue Oct 21, 1pm - 2pm EST

Part 3: Practical Strategies and Resources

• Learn how to push back against unthinking AI hype and pressure
• Tue Oct 28, 1pm - 2pm EST

Who Is This For?

I designed this for two types of people. First, if you are curious about AI and perhaps even a casual AI user yourself, but you want to know more about how it works and what are the harmful sides to AI, this is for you. Second, if you are leaning against AI already, but want to have a more informed stand so that you can have productive conversations with your coworkers or your friends and family, this is for you as well.

Who am I?

Hi there! My name is Hari Stephen Kumar, and I am based in Western Massachusetts where I founded my company Convivo to help people build authentic communication skills. I am a former engineer with over 25 years of experience in the tech industry. I have used several generative AI products and know how they work. I have been tracking AI quite closely for over 2 years now, and especially over the past year there have been several books and research papers that have spotlighted the increasing harms of generative AI. In carefully reviewing these resources, and through conversations with experts, I have come to realize that it's not enough for me to simply not use AI in my own work -- and I'm sharing four of the most compelling reasons to take an active stand against the use of AI.

Overview Video & Resource Guide

Click the below for a quick overview video and a resource guide:

• Video: Click here
• Guide: Click here