Re:Google “We Have No Moat, and Neither Does OpenAI”
by disposition2 on Thursday May 04, 2023 @07:33PM
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I believe it’s turtles all the way down.
Maybe I’m just from a different time but I can recall hearing and respecting the advice, “don’t believe everything you read on the internet”.
So, given a web page (found via search, example 1 in your comment), I remember that advice and take any suggestions with a grain of salt.
And if I’m using a social platform (I’ll reference reddit since it has historically been useful [in my experience] for interacting with other humans), typically / hopefully the useful information provided by the individual will preface their suggestions with IANAL (I’m not a lawyer) or ‘in my experience’.
In both cases, the suggestion to the query is prefaced with “this might not be right, but…”.
With my limited understanding of “AI” options that are available (to date), hinting at the fact that the information provided might not be accurate is non-existent. The entire perceived value in these systems is that the information is accurate and reliable. But that isn’t 100% the case.
So, hopefully, people will continue to take any advice with a grain of salt but it’s hard to imagine they will when the entire concept behind the “AI” idea is that the information provided is accurate.
I’ll conclude with this statement, which might negate any agreement with my statement thus far and show my disdain, but I’m not a fan of this ignorant embrace of “AI”. IMHO, it (“AI”) is embracing the idea that there are simple solutions to complex problems. I don’t think, 99% of the time, there are simple solutions to complex problems and pretending like there are is only going to create more complex problems.
Maybe I’m just being ignorant and very negative about the advances in tech but I can’t help but think folks are setting things up for failure and more confidently incorrect information.
Maybe I’m just from a different time but I can recall hearing and respecting the advice, “don’t believe everything you read on the internet”.
So, given a web page (found via search, example 1 in your comment), I remember that advice and take any suggestions with a grain of salt.
And if I’m using a social platform (I’ll reference reddit since it has historically been useful [in my experience] for interacting with other humans), typically / hopefully the useful information provided by the individual will preface their suggestions with IANAL (I’m not a lawyer) or ‘in my experience’.
In both cases, the suggestion to the query is prefaced with “this might not be right, but…”.
With my limited understanding of “AI” options that are available (to date), hinting at the fact that the information provided might not be accurate is non-existent. The entire perceived value in these systems is that the information is accurate and reliable. But that isn’t 100% the case.
So, hopefully, people will continue to take any advice with a grain of salt but it’s hard to imagine they will when the entire concept behind the “AI” idea is that the information provided is accurate.
I’ll conclude with this statement, which might negate any agreement with my statement thus far and show my disdain, but I’m not a fan of this ignorant embrace of “AI”. IMHO, it (“AI”) is embracing the idea that there are simple solutions to complex problems. I don’t think, 99% of the time, there are simple solutions to complex problems and pretending like there are is only going to create more complex problems.
Maybe I’m just being ignorant and very negative about the advances in tech but I can’t help but think folks are setting things up for failure and more confidently incorrect information.