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In case anyone missed it, tptacek is saying that ai is different than just a tool. Tool analogies are not good. A better analogy is, now you have what seems
by santadays 1mo ago
In case anyone missed it, tptacek is saying that ai is different than just a tool. Tool analogies are not good.
A better analogy is, now you have what seems like an increasingly intelligent personal assistant that can do any cognitive work that you ask it to do, to increasingly better result, has retrograde amnesia, no accountability, entirely middle of the road morality, access to the internet... eh this isn't really a good analogy either.
- EA-3167 1mo agoDon't forget that when you're using it in your own domain you can at least catch its many mistakes and hallucinations, but "Citizen Devs" aren't going to have a knowledge base to do that.
- tptacek 1mo agoI often wonder whether computer programmer said these kinds of things about spreadsheets, and how mere office workers would never have the knowledge base to build serious programs with them. Remember, before Visicalc, every spreadsheet was a program built by a computer programmer.