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Using predictable systems. If your C compiler invents a new function call for a non-existent function while generating code, that's usually a bug. If an LLM d
by shakna 1y ago
Using predictable systems.
If your C compiler invents a new function call for a non-existent function while generating code, that's usually a bug.
If an LLM does, that's... Normal. And a non-event.
- jcims 1y agoAnd? What other engineering domain operates on a fundamentally predictable substrate? Even computer science at any appreciable scale or complexity becomes unpredictable.
- shakna 1y agoEvery engineering domain operates within "known bounds". That makes it dependable. An engineer doesn't just shrug and pick up slag because it contains the same materials as the original bauxite.
- jcims 1y agoOf course not, but how did we get to that point with materials science and chemistry? We’re basically in the stone ages of understanding how to interact with synthetic intelligence.
- shakna 1y agoThrough research and experimentation, yes. But attempts to integrate little understood things in daily life gave us radium toothpaste and lead poisoning. Let's not repeat stone age mistakes. Research first, integrate later.
- pixl97 1y agoIf we have to use predictable systems, how could we use humans in the first place?