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Wouldn't it be the same if they use the "Author Services" as with an LLM? Essentially "How do you evaluate something that might go above your head?" remains the
by diggan 1y ago
Wouldn't it be the same if they use the "Author Services" as with an LLM? Essentially "How do you evaluate something that might go above your head?" remains the same regardless of the tool/service used.
- perching_aix 1y agoI don't think modeling this as Author Services = good, LLM = bad (or vice versa) makes for a fruitful conversation, and that (modeling it as such) wasn't my intention either. I'd definitely expect Author Services to do a better job though, even just based on this much description.
- diggan 1y ago> I'd definitely expect Author Services to do a better job though, even just based on this much description Yeah, me too, but the claim was if "paper authors have the necessary language skills to ascertain" the correctness of the translation. Regardless of how good the LLM or Author Services are, the problem remains the same.
- perching_aix 1y agoRight, that's true. Also scary in its own way. I'm not too big a fan of natural languages - something I voice quite frequently these days I notice :)
- AlienRobot 1y agoThe main worry, in my opinion, is an issue of responsibility. If the author services makes a mistake, a person will be blamed for it. But when an LLM makes a mistake, people tend to shift the responsibility from the person that used the LLM to the LLM itself. People don't simply want to shift the effort of a task away from themselves, they also want to shift away the responsibility for doing it wrong.
- diggan 1y ago> If the author services makes a mistake, a person will be blamed for it Wouldn't the paper authors be "blamed" (held responsible) for it, rather than the "Author Services"? Ultimately, they're responsible for the quality of their paper. Just like I'm responsible for making sure my taxes are paid correctly, even if I use an account, tax lawyer and financial advisor for the whole shebang. If anything is incorrect, I'll be held responsible.
- AlienRobot 1y agoYes, but this will only happen after a mistake occurs. What I mean is that if it's your responsibility to do something right, it acts a deterrent that motivates you to make sure of it. LLM's allow people to defer this responsibility to the LLM, so they may avoid making sure of things because they let the LLM take upon their responsibility.
- diggan 1y agoIf anything, wouldn't it be the opposite? When you offload something to a human, at least you can say "it was their fault!" and point to an actual name, or similar. But you can't use a tool and then say "it was their fault!" and point to the screen, it's not another entity like the "Author Services" is.
- AlienRobot 1y agoIt's the same thing, but normally there wouldn't be "a human" because this chain of delegations stopped on you. Now you can just open ChatGPT.