btaf45@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoBing says Alpha Centauri is 13.6 kilometers from usimgur.comexternal-linkmessage-square129fedilinkarrow-up1571arrow-down124
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minus-squareCyber Yuki@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·1 month agoWhen techbros said “you can type a question and the AI will answer”, they seem to have forgotten that we expect the answers to be true and accurate. And they seem to have forgotten that to do that, they actually need a database of facts.
minus-squarebtaf45@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 month ago And they seem to have forgotten that to do that, they actually need a database of facts. This is the main reason why AI cannot be trusted to answer science questions. They absolutely need a database of facts.
minus-squareulkesh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoAnd it’s a reason AI cannot be trusted. Full stop. Perhaps in 50-100 years after people stop being stupid about it.
When techbros said “you can type a question and the AI will answer”, they seem to have forgotten that we expect the answers to be true and accurate.
And they seem to have forgotten that to do that, they actually need a database of facts.
This is the main reason why AI cannot be trusted to answer science questions. They absolutely need a database of facts.
And it’s a reason AI cannot be trusted. Full stop.
Perhaps in 50-100 years after people stop being stupid about it.