AI In The Olympics: Saviour or Privacy Threat?

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The International Olympic Committee aims for intense competition at this summer’s Paris Games — but not overly intense. They're leveraging AI to clean up social media by removing hateful comments aimed at athletes. Additionally, discover five top techniques for prompting ChatGPT.

Ida Khanna,
Founder ProductiveAI Club

Today’s Menu

• AI is being used to keep athletes safe at Paris 2024

• Everything else you should know today

• Tutorial: Five ChatGPT prompts to fast-track your learning

• AI-Generated Images: Human x Nature

The International Olympic Committee is using AI to protect athletes

Understandably, the Olympics is an enormous pressure cooker, as thousands of athletes compete to be called the best in the world at their sport. Organizers fear this summer's games could be even more cutthroat than usual because of this Middle East and European political clash.

The Challenge of Moderating Social Media

The IOC expects there will be about 500 million Olympic-related social media posts this year — not all friendly. It's a rate that no human moderator could keep up with. "If someone were to take only one second to read each post, it would take them 16 years to go through," IOC President Thomas Bach told reporters last week.

The Role of AI

Here's where AI comes in:

The IOC is expected to deploy an AI tool to flag and delete abuse in over 35 languages to protect 15,000 athletes and organizers from harassment.

The program will help researchers figure out how prevalent the problem is and how abuse can affect the well-being of athletes.

A Groundbreaking Initiative

It will be the first time AI is used to protect so many athletes simultaneously.

Controversy and Concerns

Why not everyone supports the plan: It was unclear if the IOC could push against the will of social media sites, but some privacy experts are concerned that the group is overreaching. The French government has faced scrutiny, too, given that it's working with four companies to track crowd movement, weapon detection, and other potentially dangerous metrics with AI-enhanced cameras — something that civil liberties advocates say could be misused.

Justification from Organizers

A counterpoint: The Olympic organizers, for their part, say they have good reason to be concerned. Earlier this month, Microsoft released a report outlining how Russian agents produced a fake documentary to defame the Olympic Committee—in what appeared to be retaliation for the country's exclusion from this year's games. It also created and distributed fake images of threatening graffiti posted all over Paris to scare people away.

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5 ChatGPT Prompts to fast-track your learning

1. Pareto Principle: Act as a learning strategist using the 80/20 principle to accelerate learning in [subject or skill]. Identify the 20% of [concepts or activities] that will yield 80% of the results, and provide strategies for focusing on these high-impact areas. Include tips for identifying key areas and maximizing efficiency.

2. Spaced Repetition: Act as a memory retention expert using the spaced repetition technique and help me design a repetition schedule to learn [subject/topic]. Provide a detailed plan for incorporating this technique into a daily study routine, including recommended tools and scheduling tips.

3. Interleaving Technique: Act as a study planner and help me design an interleaved study plan for [specific topic]. Mix different subjects and skills within [subject area]. Identify the main subtopics, suggest a weekly schedule, and include strategies for alternating between these subtopics to maximize retention and understanding.

4. Active Learning: Act as a learning coach to incorporate active learning strategies into studying [subject or topic]. Provide specific examples of activities such as problem-solving, discussion, teaching others, and applying concepts in practical scenarios. Craft questions that encourage critical thinking and application of knowledge to get a deeper understanding of [topic/subject]

5. Feynman Technique: Act as a learning coach and help me use the Feynman Technique to master [specific topic]. Guide me in breaking down the topic, teaching it simply, identifying gaps, and refining my understanding. Provide an example of applying this technique to a concept within the topic.

Human x Nature

Source: @hyperart on Midjourney

Prompt: The installation art depicts the image of a beautiful woman in a dense forest, which is made of thin white wires. It has both an abstract and artistic feel, expressing the relationship between man and nature.
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