> some spicy quote -- author
and when you go look, it is quoting something a character said in a story
an example [0]
> “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” - George Bernard Shaw
But it is part of a speech in "Man and Superman," by the protagonist, John Tanner.
(although Shaw is known for expressing his views through his character, it's just one I could find)
[0] https://unearnedwisdom.com/the-reasonable-man-adapts-himself...
You always end up having to search for the sources on your favorite search engine.
It’s certainly highlighted to me how difficult information upkeep can be, and is a strong reminder to source myself as soon as possible. Which is a realistic and ideal expectation for NN, as alongside their training weights ideally their training dataset is searchable and attributable. Otherwise I feel the largest strength of a dataset, being a digital library for the NN and thus us, is lost.
Robert Dodsley
If only. Tracking down the original source of quotes and/or stats is a bit of a hobby of mine, and it's extremely difficult to do. News sources will regularly cite "a recent study" with little additional information to help identify it. Pithy quotes attributed to famous authors never contain a reference to the work, it's always just the author's name, and if you go digging the quote is misattributed as often as not. Full-on plagiarism with no attribution is rampant, even in reputable places where you'd think they'd have it under control.
Like with self-driving cars, we expect AI to be better than the average human, which I think is the correct attitude, but we should acknowledge that that's what we're asking for.