Re:Nvidia – open-source auto-ontology
by zbentley on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @08:54AM
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> I don't think there really is a clear distinction between these things though.
Computer systems, though, can have that distinction. If you read data supplied by the user, and then process it via behavior in code, and process that result against administratively-set data in the database, the separation between user-supplied data, administratively-configured data, and instructions (code) is extremely clear. Even if you are doing something that could be nondeterministic, e.g. incorporating randomness or doing sentiment analysis or whatnot.
I don't think the oft-repeated "AI is fallible just like humans are" applies here. Computer systems are an area where that separation can be achieved. We know this because we've achieved it a lot. LLMs, powerful as they are, are a step back in that regard.
Computer systems, though, can have that distinction. If you read data supplied by the user, and then process it via behavior in code, and process that result against administratively-set data in the database, the separation between user-supplied data, administratively-configured data, and instructions (code) is extremely clear. Even if you are doing something that could be nondeterministic, e.g. incorporating randomness or doing sentiment analysis or whatnot.
I don't think the oft-repeated "AI is fallible just like humans are" applies here. Computer systems are an area where that separation can be achieved. We know this because we've achieved it a lot. LLMs, powerful as they are, are a step back in that regard.