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If a an engineering firm drew up plans for a building that didn't meet even the most basic structural standards, and then PEs signed/stamped those drawings... T
by mk_stjames 3y ago
If a an engineering firm drew up plans for a building that didn't meet even the most basic structural standards, and then PEs signed/stamped those drawings... That would be grounds for people to lose licenses, companies to be majorly fined, and in the extreme case where injury was involved, criminal charges.
A lawyer just straight making up citations of case law, even if hallucinated by an AI assist tool, should have similar repercussions re: license to practice law.
There needs to be no leniency for people misusing 'well, the AI told me...' as a crutch for actual knowledge and expertise in a professional field.
- tmikaeld 3y agoWord! GPT is a tool, you don't blame a hammer for ruining someones window after you put the hammer through the glass.
- userbinator 3y agoThere needs to be no leniency for people misusing 'well, the AI told me...' as a crutch for actual knowledge and expertise in a professional field. I think that should apply to any tool, but sadly it seems even most developers aren't immune to blindly trusting their tools, judging by what I've seen over the years. As a memorable warning sign says: "The machine has no brain. Use your own."
- prox 3y agoEven if it has a brain I can still recommend using your own :P
- qsort 3y ago> As a memorable warning sign says: "The machine has no brain. Use your own." First lesson of the first day of the first year in my CS degree -- the professor starts saying something to the effect of: "I want you to think of computers as meaningless machines doing meaningless operations on meaningless symbols". To this day, that sentence is a massive influence in how I think about computers and technology in general.