AI is not a magic wand – it has built-in problems that are difficult to fix and can be dangerous

Thu, 11 Jul 2024 17:13:00 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://theconversation.com/ai-is-not-a-magic-wand-it-has-built-in-problems-that-are-difficult-to-fix-and-can-be-dangerous-230878>

"By now, all of us have heard and read a lot about artificial intelligence
(AI). You’ve likely used some of the countless AI tools that are becoming
available. For some, AI feels like a magic wand that predicts the future.

But AI is not perfect. A supermarket meal planner in Aotearoa New Zealand gave
customers poisonous recipes, a New York City chatbot advised people to break
the law, and Google’s AI Overview is telling people to eat rocks.

At its core, an AI tool is a particular system that addresses a particular
problem. With any AI system, we should match our expectations to its abilities
– and many of those come down to how the AI was built.

Let’s explore some inherent shortcomings of AI systems."

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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