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Re:BlackRock shelves unexplainable AI liquidity models by quotemstr on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @09:48AM (#18441300)
> Would you want your car or an aircraft you're on piloted by neural net the actions of which can't be explained?

Almost all cars and aircraft today are operated by neural nets, the actions of which can't be explained.

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Re:BlackRock shelves unexplainable AI liquidity models by quonn on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @02:34PM (#18444081)
As anyone driving a car can assure you, the actions can be explained, easily.
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Re:BlackRock shelves unexplainable AI liquidity models by olefoo on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @06:08PM (#18445759)
But are the explanations true? Are they deterministic?

If someone took ten minutes of video of you driving in city traffic; could you consistently explain all of your decisions that would be recorded?

It's very easy to tell yourself that your actions are consistent and explainable ( rational ) but if examined closely they aren't always consistent with any one set of heuristics. Following distance is one example; can you explain the decision making process by which you decide how much space to give the vehicle in front of you? Why it varies based on road conditions; weather or your estimate of your reaction times?

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