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> Speaking as a psychologist, I’m flabbergasted by claims that the decisions of algorithms are opaque while the decisions of people are transparent. I’ve spent
by stared 7y ago
> Speaking as a psychologist, I’m flabbergasted by claims that the decisions of algorithms are opaque while the decisions of people are transparent. I’ve spent half my life at it and I still have limited success understanding human decisions. - Jean-François Bonnefon’s tweet (as quoted in https://p.migdal.pl/2019/07/15/human-machine-learning-motivation.html https://p.migdal.pl/2019/07/15/human-machine-learning-motiva...)
- gus_massa 7y agoThe advantage of humans is that we have a building bullshit generator. If someone ask why you like ice-cream, you can tell a nice story about the hot summers during your childhood, but the reality is that sugar and fat are very useful. If a the autopilot of a Tesla hit someone, the error report is "Fatal error 0xDEADBEEF: coefficient 742 > 812". If a person hit someone the explanation is "It was dark and near a curve. I was texting that is totally safe. I got distracted by reindeer nearby. And I snoozed and was thinking about reaching a handkerchief".