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I would accept mistakes and inconsistency from a human, especially one not very experienced or skilled. But I expect perfection and consistency from a machine.
by ryandrake 2y ago
I would accept mistakes and inconsistency from a human, especially one not very experienced or skilled. But I expect perfection and consistency from a machine. When I command my computer to do something, I expect it to do it correctly, the same way every time, to convert a particular input to an exact particular output, every time. I don't expect it to guess, or randomly insert garbage, or behave non-deterministically. Those things are called defects(bugs) and I'd want them to be fixed.
- senordevnyc 2y agoThen you are going to hate the future.
- ryandrake 2y agoWay ahead of you. I already hate the present, at least the current sad state of the software industry.
- forgetfreeman 2y agoExactly this.
- tevon 2y agoThis seems like a particularly limited view of what a machine is. Specifically expecting it to behave deterministically.
- ModernMech 2y agoStill, the whole Unix philosophy of building tools starts with a foundation of building something small that can do one thing well. If that is your foundation, you can take advantage of composability and create larger tools that are more capable. The foundation of all computing today is built on this principle of design. Building on AI seems more like building on a foundation of sand, or building in a swamp. You can probably put something together, but it's going to continually sink into the bog. Better to build on a solid foundation, so you don't have to continually stop the thing from sinking, so you can build taller.
- forgetfreeman 2y agoWould you welcome your car behaving in a nondeterministic fashion?