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Virtuous Circle Or Rehypothecation?
Another session, another circular AI deal.
If this all implodes one day -- you can almost see it: a
The Three Stooges covered this long ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-ycvJC-qIQ
People seem to think AI is like a supercomputer but it’s not. Computers are deterministic; given the same input you always get the same output (predictable). AI is not deterministic; given the same input you can get different results. So, while AI is great as an assistant, it is not so useful when you take the human out of the loop as it might do something completely random (or disastrous). What this means, given the current level of AI tech, you have to be very careful where you deploy it. It certainly can’t run any critical systems.
Just wait until LLM optimization kicks in (Adobe’s already working on it). We’ve all seen what happened to search engines as SEO got better and better at manipulating the output. Now imagine that inside the black box of AI.
BandFromDC … mmm…. when calling bands from DC to mind, two pop right up: the Bad Brains as well as Root Boy Slim & the Sex Change Band (of Boogie Til You Puke fame.) Were you in either of those pioneering bands?
“And so castles made of sand
Fall in the sea eventually. . . .”
–Jimi Hendrix