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Humans in the loop generally turn into rubber stampers, in my experience. They’ll generally trust the computer even if they’re unsure themselves.
by ok_dad 2y ago
Humans in the loop generally turn into rubber stampers, in my experience. They’ll generally trust the computer even if they’re unsure themselves.
- deodar 2y agoThere is also no incentive for the human in the loop to question the computer. If the computer was right and a human thinks it's a false positive, then the human will be blamed later. Whereas if you just rubber stamp what the computer said, then you're in the clear no matter what.
- cantSpellSober 2y agoYes, and the problem didn't start with facial scanning. > This has become a growing problem for decision making as intensive care units, nuclear power plants, and aircraft cockpits have increasingly integrated computerized system monitors and decision aids https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automation_bias https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automation_bias
- ok_dad 2y agoThere was one incident in the 80s? where a US Navy ship shot down an Iranian airliner even though the screen showed it was gaining altitude and was squawking a commercial code, but the sailors fired anyways assuming it was going to fire missiles at them. I’m very familiar with humans in the loop from my naval experience and agree fully that it’s hard to question the computer.