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This seems to be largely predicated on the idea that the more you understand how AI works the more the magic disappears[1], but I think the opposite is true --
by paulgb 2y ago
This seems to be largely predicated on the idea that the more you understand how AI works the more the magic disappears[1], but I think the opposite is true -- I like to think I understand this stuff from the logic gates to backpropagation to at least BERT-era attention, and the fact that all of those parts come together into something I now spend hours a day conversing with in plain English to solve real problems is absolutely awe-inspiring to me.
[1] from the source article “we argue that consumers who
perceive AI as magical will experience feelings of awe leading to greater AI receptivity”
- blooalien 2y agoAlso, for many people I know who don't properly understand "AI", their reaction is less "awe" and more "fear". It's a real challenge to get them to take any of the actual benefits of using it properly at face value, because of all the things they worry about due to Sci-Fi nightmare scenarios and Facebook disinformation (not to mention some of the genuine and valid fears piled on top of all that; mis-use / abuse by corporations and governments, as well as other "bad actors" like spammers and scammers, etc).
- aprilthird2021 2y agoI find it's the opposite. A lot of people think it's like a Google / Wikipedia summarizer, and don't realize it can be wrong because they think it's something like the Watson computer from Jeopardy
- blooalien 2y agoYeah, that's definitely another sub-set of the "completely misinformed about / totally misunderstand AI" crowd. :)
- fumeux_fume 2y agoI don't know. Maybe you're more in the magical group than you think. I spend hours a day helping my client with prompt engineering for customer service training and it's my experience that most of the awe and positivity I see from people comes from a lack of rigorously evaluating the output they're getting back.