Just Calm Down About GPT-4 Already from Rodney Brooks talks about his long-term study of AI and how he is not really excited about this new technology. The title of this post is his observation about humans mistaking AI.
I was listening to episode 2.8 of the Lost Terminal podcast (a science fiction story in podcast form). One of the characters questioned whether a system they had encountered was an AI or just a Markovian Spirit. This is such a wonderful expression for something that appears intelligent at a glance, but on closer examination… Read More »
I’m seeing more people becoming enamored with the LLMs, in particular ChatGPT and Copilot. While I can certainly see some interesting results, it seems that people underestimate the fact that the models don’t really know anything. My thought is that these models have actually automated the Dunning-Kruger Effect. The tools can generate confident text (or… Read More »