Secrets of Big Data

I enjoyed Secrets in the ice so gave this a go. Very similar in layout. Not the deepest dives but enough to make me want to use big data to google the stories after! Love the dude that narrates these also. Hope they do more.

1st episode, 1st story about the British warship near Crimea, blaming big data for spoofing the warships position by 300km so the Russians thought it was heading towards the black sea fleet.

Ok, but then it talks about the Russians responding by having 2 coast guard ships following it, and later responding with 20 planes.

If the warship wasn't were big data said it was, by 300km, how did the coast guards find it, and when they did find it, then they were aware of the mistake in their information.

If you're going to twist facts, at least make it plausible.

This series is way too uncritical of the subject matter it presents. Any criticism brought up is quickly hand-waved away with "it'll be fine", and it feels like the quick negative arguments brought forth are simply there to provide the veneer of impartiality, while in reality the show is a cheerleader for Big Data. (Did Amazon sponsor this show?)

Also there are absolute no secrets revealed in this show. You've heard about it all before. With a show title like that, I was expecting something like a dark, investigative Netflix style documentary delving into the evil practices of Big Data corporations. Nope. None of that. Just surface level fluff stuff about how AI and Big Data is going to make life so much better, and that it's basically your Lord and Savior.

Oh, one last minor gripe: they keep confusing the terms AI and Big Data throughout the series. While they are adjacent and closely related, they are not the same thing. Not a huge complaint, I know, but it makes the people in the show look ignorant.