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David Gerard ( dgerard@awful.systems ) M to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 years ago

Foreign Policy: The U.K. Pivot to AI Is Doomed From the Start

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Foreign Policy: The U.K. Pivot to AI Is Doomed From the Start

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David Gerard ( dgerard@awful.systems ) M to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 years ago
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at frickin last - I wrote this in January and it’s finally been published

archive: https://archive.is/RSU91

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    Presumably ‘AI’ can make simple rules based decisions, if done properl

    honest question: was this meant seriously, or in jest?

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      Serious.

      1. Fill in form online
      2. AI analyses it, decides if applicant is entitled to benefits.

      Why do you ask the question?

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        why do you think hallucinating autocomplete can make rules-based decisions reliably

        AI analyses it, decides if applicant is entitled to benefits.

        why do you think this is simple

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          My excel spreadsheet does it on a daily basis.

          This is boring.

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            good, use your excel spreadsheet and not a tool that fucking sucks at it

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        You should not need an AI to do that if it’s not a freeform text input?

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          asdf

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            And in fact barring the inevitable fuckups AI probably can eventual handle a lot of interpretation currently carried out by human civil servants.

            But honestly I would have thought that all of this is obvious, and that I shouldn’t really have to articulate it.

            you keep making claims about what LLMs are capable of that don’t match with any known reality outside of OpenAI and friends’ marketing, dodging anyone who asks you to explain, and acting like a bit of a shit about it. I don’t think we need your posts.

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              the post history is very infosec dot pub

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                a terrible place for both information and security

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                  and a terrible pub

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                    Jury’s still out on the Damage Over Time effect.

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        citation/link/reference, please

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