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> The hammer doesn't decide that the thing it's swinging at is vaguely thumb-shaped and self-destruct. Sawstop literally patented this and made millions and se
by wredcoll 10mo ago
> The hammer doesn't decide that the thing it's swinging at is vaguely thumb-shaped and self-destruct.
Sawstop literally patented this and made millions and seems to have genuinely improved the world.
I personally am a big fan of tools that make it hard to mangle my body parts.
- wavemode 10mo agosawstop is not AI
- wredcoll 10mo agoSure, where's the line? If you want to tell me that llms are inherently non-deterministic, then sure, but from the point of view of a user, a saw stop activating because the wood is wet is really not expected either.
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- wavemode 10mo agoMm yeah, I see the point you're making. (Though, of course, there certainly are people who dislike sawstop for that sort of reason, as well.)
- GuinansEyebrows 10mo agoalso from the point of view from a user: in this example, while frustrating/possibly costly, a false positive is infinitely preferable to a false negative.
- ori_b 10mo agoYes, cutting wet wood on the sawstop sucks, but I put up with it. If clicking 'close' on the wrong tab amputated a finger, I'd also put up with it. However, I've closed plenty of tabs accidentally, and all my fingers are still attached.
- ChoGGi 10mo agoI mean, I wouldn't want sawstop to hallucinate my finger is a piece of wood.