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People are so desperate they will use artificial intelligence, even though it’s proven to be unreliable (hallucinations).
by dirtyhippiefree 3y ago
People are so desperate they will use artificial intelligence, even though it’s proven to be unreliable (hallucinations).
- dutchCourage 3y agoI don't think hallucinations are necessarily a big deal. A lot of AIs applications can tolerate some inaccuracies. Our world is already full of inaccuracies. As long as we're aware of the limitations of AI and don't blindly trust it for critical applications, we can benefit greatly from using AI.
- dirtyhippiefree 3y agoA man I disagree with strongly (Donald Rumsfeld) said something wise that very much applies here. It’s about the pesky Unknown Unknowns and systemic failure. “ Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns—the ones we don't know we don't know. And if one looks throughout the history of our country and other free countries, it is the latter category that tends to be the difficult ones.”
- dehrmann 3y ago> A man I disagree with strongly "Unknown unknowns" is a bit of a cliche at this point, but people across the political spectrum widely acknowledge it as an insightful aphorism. No need to apologize.
- herbst 3y agoCould you provide a example? I am not sure where, in which scenario it isn't either irrelevant or easy to work around.
- dirtyhippiefree 3y agoCan you work around what you had no idea was going to change everything for the worse? Hindsight is 20/20.
- blovescoffee 3y agoWe rely on uncountably more unreliable people, machines, systems, concepts, etc. Do you really find no value from LLMs? Consider that real people genuinely do. Consider that the people who do extract value from LLMs may beat you to promotions, business ideas, insights, test-passing-code.
- dirtyhippiefree 3y agoIt’s what we don’t know that we don’t know…until we’ve gone too far and can’t rewind… Nasty surprises, they’re called.
- Vektorceraptor 3y agoBut I think that we know. I think, that if you asked the people world wide in a poll, the majority would reject AI and LLMs. I wouldn't miss it.
- sk11001 3y agoIt doesn’t need to be perfect to be useful.
- dirtyhippiefree 3y agoIt’s when it goes from Useful to the ever-so-common What Have We Done…short term thinking meets the Law of Unintended Consequences…
- sk11001 3y agoWhat do you mean concretely? What is the “what have we done” and unintended consequences of LLMs having some small % error under some circumstances?
- dirtyhippiefree 3y agoIf we don’t know that we don’t know, I’m not qualified to address it…neither are the “experts.”