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Garbage in should mean nothing out. If you ask a calculator what 2+2 is, but you mean 2+3, you still get the right answer, because you didn't put in garbage, yo
by pkulak 3y ago
Garbage in should mean nothing out. If you ask a calculator what 2+2 is, but you mean 2+3, you still get the right answer, because you didn't put in garbage, you put in the wrong inputs. If you ask it what "pi + transubstantiation" is, it should fail, not confidently tell you "14".
- bongobingo1 3y ago> ”Forty-two,” said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm.
- kibwen 3y agoThe whole point of Babbage's classic anecdote is that it is possible to create garbage in the step where we encode our expectations into the commands of the machine. Even if the machine operates on its inputs properly, if we gave it inputs that did not properly encode our expectations, that's garbage, and the outcome will be garbage.