Re:Don Knuth Plays with ChatGPT
by 3np on Sunday May 21, 2023 @01:04AM
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> IMHO in order for AI to be truly useful, we need to be able to trust it
Disagree, but perhaps we have different ideas of "useful". I think automated systems including AI can be very useful but that executive decisions yielded by nondeterministic processes (such as AI) must be signed off by a human and that usage should be mindful of inherent limitations. This includes cross-checking factual claims with sources and verifying produced code works - just as you would (I hope) with a forum comment or Stackoverflow answer before publishing it as fact or pushing it to production.
So I'd rather say: In order for AI to be truly useful, we need to be able to work with it with never trusting it. Let go of unsupervised execution.
Disagree, but perhaps we have different ideas of "useful". I think automated systems including AI can be very useful but that executive decisions yielded by nondeterministic processes (such as AI) must be signed off by a human and that usage should be mindful of inherent limitations. This includes cross-checking factual claims with sources and verifying produced code works - just as you would (I hope) with a forum comment or Stackoverflow answer before publishing it as fact or pushing it to production.
So I'd rather say: In order for AI to be truly useful, we need to be able to work with it with never trusting it. Let go of unsupervised execution.