Ask ChatGPT to estimate the carbs in your lunch. Now ask it again. And again. Five hundred times. You’d expect the same answer each time. It’s the same photo, the same model, the same question. But you won’t get the same answer. Not even close — and the differences are large enough to cause a
Probably never. Just like people never realized how computers work, how networks work, how businesses work, how economies of scale work, how financial markets work, how…
We the people don’t give a shit about how anything works, for the most part. Exceptions include your narrowly focused expertise. We convince ourselves that we understand things, using top-down perspectives, because it’s easier than actually understanding things from a bottom-up perspective.
Even the strongest critics of AI can’t substantively explain how AI works. They use misnomers like “glorified autocomplete” to reason about it’s inaccuracy, rather than understanding the fundamental limitations of the approach used.
Probably never. Just like people never realized how computers work, how networks work, how businesses work, how economies of scale work, how financial markets work, how…
We the people don’t give a shit about how anything works, for the most part. Exceptions include your narrowly focused expertise. We convince ourselves that we understand things, using top-down perspectives, because it’s easier than actually understanding things from a bottom-up perspective.
Even the strongest critics of AI can’t substantively explain how AI works. They use misnomers like “glorified autocomplete” to reason about it’s inaccuracy, rather than understanding the fundamental limitations of the approach used.