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> In the next five years, computer programs that can think will read legal documents and give medical advice. It's been 10 years since IBM Watson commercially
by trabant00 4y ago
> In the next five years, computer programs that can think will read legal documents and give medical advice.
It's been 10 years since IBM Watson commercially promised the same thing right then and there. And arguably failed. I don't see what changed in these 10 years apart from more systems like that being available to more people. But the capabilities seem in the same ballpark, meaning computer programs don't actually think nor are they even remotely accurate enough for legal or medical advice.
- keithalewis 4y agoBingo. We can currently spot machine generated nonsense. The next generation will be trained to make nonsense more plausible. Ultimately it will be beyond the ability of feeble human branes to distinguish BS from truth. I predict a huge success in applying this technology to politics and "news" shows.
- bcrl 4y agoMeanwhile, the externality of the damage cheap disinformation causes to society won't be paid by the creators of this technology. I fear that computer scientists don't have the necessary training in and understanding of ethics and social sciences to comprehence the consequences their creations are having on other people and society as a whole.