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Machines are amazing at counting things without losing their place. I'd trust an ATM's counted stack of bills over a human's (for sure if they only each got one
by BenjiWiebe 2y ago
Machines are amazing at counting things without losing their place. I'd trust an ATM's counted stack of bills over a human's (for sure if they only each got one try).
I've written some code at a previous job to simplify data entry. The previous method was adding numbers from a stack of papers, with a calculator.
I trust my code to add up the numbers on the computer over a human reading them from a printout and entering them in a calculator.
Humans make mistakes. A lot.
- the_gipsy 2y agoIf the technical problem was solely about counting then obviously everywhere in the world we would be using machines by now. But we don't. Because the technical problem is trust, not counting.
- ethbr1 2y ago> Humans make mistakes. A lot. To put some numbers on this, from my experience. Health insurance manual claims processors (who usually average ~5 years of experience) can do 95+% accuracy, at speed (a few minutes), at scale. That's counting and verifying multiple things against processing rules. General data entry, from less trained folks, tends to average around 85% accurate (i.e. 15 mistakes + 85 entries correct, out of 100 entries).