This technology certain has some interesting potential. But it’s important to
note that it does not “understand” anything, and it’s not in any way “being
creative”. It states as fact, backed by references and quotes, stuff that’s
complete nonsense, and often the exact opposite of what the referenced sources
actually say.
My favorite analogy used to be “Mansplaining as a service”.
My new favorite is “The Cliff Clavin Bot”.
Darius Dunlap
darius@xxxxxxxxxxx
On Feb 15, 2023, at 5:50 AM, Mr. Ransom <mr.ransom@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
He's still in the mode of thinking of computers as calculators. You enter in
the input and you get the correct output. Computers are a deterministic way
of determining "answers".
They're not used to thinking of computers as "creative". And creativity
doesn't necessarily bother with facts. There is a mind shift necessary. The
main people who are concerned about wrong answers are engineers, and in the
world of engineering facts are rather important. In the creativity space,
however, "answers" aren't always so easy categorized in such a binary
fashion, correct vs incorrect. And that's where the chatbots revolutionary
nature is most evident.
We certainly don't want the computers that govern airplanes in flight to be
daydreaming about frogs made out of pink Jello. Deterministic calculators
will always be necessary. But AIs aren't calculators, and people shouldn't
think of them as such. The engineers warning about wrong answers have not
made that mind shift yet.
Scott
On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 3:38 AM Steve Crane <steve.crane@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:steve.crane@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/computing-guru-criticizes-chatgpt-ai-tech-for-making-things-up/
Steve Crane
about.me/stevecrane <http://about.me/stevecrane>
