The ZBW is a membe o he Leibniz Associa ion.
hype ophic AI – can lib a ies lead he pushback?
D . A gie Kasp zik
ZBW – Leibniz In o ma ion Cen e o Economics
Focus on Open Science, Budapes , No embe 6 h, 2025
hype ophic (adj.):
abno mally enla ged o o e g own
LAI (la ge-scale AI) comes a a p ice. Always.
We o en do no ealize ha we a e paying i .
Also, he bigges p ice is no paid by us bu by o he s.
Do we eally wan ha ?
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cos s o humani y: LAI accele a es clima e change
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elec onic was e
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wooden-spoon/1038560 ; h ps://www.pexels.com/de-de/ o o/indus ie-nebel-smog-p lanze-7001364/ ;
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lec ici y
bo h he aining and
he unning o LAI uses up
an amoun o esou ces
which o en exceeds
ha o small s a es,
and he end goes upwa ds
aining GPT-4: 50 GWh – 200 ligh s NY-SFO – 50x mo e han GPT-3
aining GPT-3: 5,4 million li e s o wa e ;
LLaMa-3: 22 million li e s – as much as needed o a ming 2 ons o ice
p ognosis 2030: LAI will make up ~21% o global elec ici y use
and 4x o 6x he wa e consump ion o Denma k
2030, example USA: 4x mo e dea hs han 2023 due o LAI- ela ed ai pollu ion;
60.000 mo e cases o as hma (p edominan ly in poo e communi ies)
2030: up o 2,5 million ons o elec onic was e mo e ~ one sma phone pe human
cos s o humani y: some examples o esou ce use
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all e e ences see link lis a he end
sc eensho wa ning om: h ps://ai-impac - isk.com/ai_ene gy_wa e _impac .h ml
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sou ce: IEA "Ene gy and AI" epo h ps://www.iea.o g/ epo s/ene gy-and-ai
cos s o humani y: exploi a ion
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sc eensho om: h ps://da a-wo ke s.o g/
•La ge AI con inues o depend subs an ially on
humans so ing, cleaning, and anno a ing da a
• his kind o wo k is o en ou sou ced by big ech
o less p i ileged coun ies (e.g. Kenya, A gen ina),
unde exploi a i e condi ions – no sa e y a wo k,
hou ly wages o less han 2 USD
•many people doing ha kind o wo k
a e su e ing om heal h p oblems
and pos - auma ic s ess diso de (PTSD)
knowledge is powe – asymme y ge s wo se
•paid-subsc ip ion ("p emium") plans → access o (allegedly)
high-quali y in o ma ion and ools becomes a luxu y
•i you do no ha e he inancial means
you pay wi h you da a / p i acy
•big ech build monopolies and ac as ga ekeepe s –
con ol who ge s access and exploi downs eam ac o s
•big ech ob ain a po en ial in luence ha hey should no ha e
in use cases ha lie in he public in e es (e.g., esea ch, educa ion, in as uc u e)
cos s o humani y: ga ekeeping and undue in luence
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pic u e: CC-BY ec o po al.com
also see on Thun, Max and Hanley, Daniel, S opping Big Tech om Becoming Big AI:
A Roadmap o Using Compe i ion Policy o Keep A i icial In elligence Open o All. Open Ma ke s Ins i u e 2024. Online a h p://dx.doi.o g/10.2139/ss n.4990780
o en unsollici ed, in asi e use o da a wi hou espec o pe sonal p i acy,
copy igh , e ms o licences, p o isions o exclude AI- ela ed a ic
•example: expe imen s by OpenAI /
esea che s o Uni e si y o Zü ich
in online communi y (Reddi )
•example: s ain on Open Access
in as uc u e by c awling / bo s
cos s o humani y: p i acy, in as uc u e – wo examples
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all e e ences see link lis a he end
cos s o humani y: change managemen
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sc eensho om: h ps://maps odon.space/@abel/114975709443152718
• epo s om he communi y sugges ha mo e and
mo e manage s ac ually en o ce he use o AI ools
•po en ially nega i e impac o misguided change managemen
on p oduc i i y (!), psyche, and mo i a ion o s a ↓ →
sc eensho om: h ps://me .o g/blog/2025-07-10-ea ly-2025-ai-expe ienced-os-de -s udy/
Wha can I do as an indi idual?
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•less is mo e – is his pa icula use necessa y?
do I e en need an AI-based ool o ha ?
•delibe a e use o AI-based applica ions – using comme cial ools
sends a signal o ech i ms ha u he in la ing hei se ices is wo h i
•educa e and aise awa eness in o he s – including you leade s!
•look ou o you own igh s – do I eally wan o
•use buil -in AI ools? i no , swi ch hem o / op ou whe e e possible!
• elinquish my inpu (w i en, audio, ideo) o an AI-based ool
e.g. in ideo calls, o a summa y? i no , objec / op ou !
Wha can I do as an indi idual?
push back agains hype ophic AI!
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pic u e: h ps://openclipa .o g/de ail/327430/s op-sign-hand-p in -silhoue e
• aise awa eness, educa e (and ac acco dingly)
•mind ul change managemen , use human expe ise s a egically
•ac i ism!
•push owa ds openness (Open Da a, Open Sou ce)
•push owa ds imp o emen o legal si ua ion
con ex : we li e in a wo ld in which
•people (ha e o) gene a e con en in o de o make a li ing
•en e p ises cu a e in o ma ion and de elop se ices in o de o make a p o i
and no o he bene i o all / he public good ; poin o iew: con en should be open and ee o use o all –
including as aining da a – bu ONLY o non-comme cial playe s! ➔ ai use o pu poses o educa ion and esea ch
Wha can we do as ins i u ions?
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pic u e: h ps://publicdomain ec o s.o g
also see B ews e Kahle (In e ne A chi e) on Fai Use: h ps://blog.a chi e.o g/2025/05/14/p o ec - ai -use-especially-now/
•coope a ion!
•"e alua e & c ea e da a se s" !
• euse models / se ices ha use as ew esou ces as possible,
a e un locally i possible, and p ese e p i acy / da a secu i y
• o cen es o compe ence:
•de elop models / se ices ha
•use as ew esou ces as possible,
•can be un locally,
•and in a way ha p ese es p i acy / da a secu i y
and make ha p ocess anspa en o eusabili y
•injec human expe ise a s a egic poin s
•op imize own so wa e / ha dwa e o ca bon oo p in
Wha can we do as ins i u ions?
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pic u e: h ps://publicdomain ec o s.o g
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h ps://c g.eu/ad anced-ai-possible- u u es/
Message
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sc eensho :
h ps://mas odon.online/@s ee
a u opia/115186042059851789
Thank you!
con ac : a.kasp [email protected]
wha my eam does wi h AI a ZBW:
h ps://www.zbw.eu/en/abou -
us/knowledge-o ganisa ion/au oma ion-
o -subjec -indexing-using-me hods-
om-a i icial-in elligence
link lis see nex ou slides ↓
o e iew / gene al / ene gy
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•h ps://a s echnica.com/in o ma ion- echnology/2025/07/ai-in-wyoming-may-soon-use-mo e-elec ici y- han-s a es-
human- esiden s/
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sVbW
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•h ps://www. omsha dwa e.com/ ech-indus y/a i icial-in elligence/using-gp -4- o-gene a e-100-wo ds-consumes-up- o-3-
bo les-o -wa e -ai-da a-cen e s-also- aise-powe -and-wa e -bills- o -nea by- esiden s
ai pollu ion and elec onic was e addi ional links
•h ps://www. hegua dian.com/ echnology/2024/sep/15/da a-cen e -gas-emissions- ech
•h ps://www. echnology e iew.com/2025/05/20/1116272/ai-na u al-gas-da a-cen e s-ene gy-powe -plan s/
•h ps://www.scienceale .com/scien is s-p edic -ai- o-gene a e-millions-o - ons-o -e-was e
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eac ions o big ech / g eenwashing
•h ps://g is .o g/accoun abili y/mic oso -employees-spen -yea s- igh ing- he- ech-gian s-oil- ies-now- hey e-speaking-ou /
•h ps://www. hea lan ic.com/ echnology/a chi e/2024/09/mic oso -ai-oil-con ac s/679804/
•h ps://www.scien i icame ican.com/a icle/wha -do-googles-ai-answe s-cos - he-en i onmen /
anno a ion by humans / exploi a ion
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•h ps://da a-wo ke s.o g/Fasica/
•h ps://www. hegua dian.com/media/2024/dec/18/kenya- acebook-mode a o s-sue-a e -diagnoses-o -se e e-p sd
•h ps://www.ih b.o g/la es /con en -mode a ion-is-a-new- ac o y- loo -o -exploi a ion-labou -p o ec ions-mus -ca ch-up
p i acy / o he legal and e hical aspec s
•h ps://des on ain.es/blog/p i acy-in-ai.h ml
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•h ps://open ools.ai/news/openai- u ns- changemy iew-in o-ais-pe suasion-playg ound
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•h ps://coa - eposi o ies.o g/news-upda es/open- eposi o ies-a e-being-p o oundly-impac ed-by-ai-bo s-and-o he -
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deg ada ion o in o ma ion landscape and deskilling
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•h ps://www. o bes.com/si es/be na dma /2023/05/16/ he-dange -o -ai-con en - a ms/
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al e na i e app oaches
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•h ps:// enbluelinks.o g/
openness / ai use
•h ps://opensou ce.o g/ai/open-sou ce-ai-de ini ion
•h ps://www. o kable.io/p/me as-new-llama-4-ai-models-a en #%C2%A7openness-is-bina y
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•h ps://shujisado.o g/2025/01/27/signi ican - isks-in-using-ai-models-go e ned-by- he-llama-license/
•h ps://blog.a chi e.o g/2025/05/14/p o ec - ai -use-especially-now/
•h ps://osai-index.eu/guides/open-llms-educa ion
•h ps://www.swiss-ai.o g/ape us
gene al (digi al ca bon oo p in , independence om co po a e p o ide s)
•h ps://www.digi alcleanupday.o g/
•h ps://codeca bon.io/
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