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The task as described included an easy for a human but tricky for a computer verification that the correct word will always be a color. Given this, and the nee
by kd5bjo 7y ago
The task as described included an easy for a human but tricky for a computer verification that the correct word will always be a color. Given this, and the need for the system to be tolerant against human error occurring at the paper, I believe a typical untrained human will have a better reliability on this task than almost any automated system.
But in the general case you’re absolutely right: any analysis like this should include the costs and probability of faults occurring in each option.
- andrewflnr 7y agoSure, but maybe the assistant gets distracted by other work, or gets sick and don't get a chance to make sure someone else does it, or quits because their boss is a jerk, or any number of other things going wrong. At least a few of these will happen over the course of two years.