Here's How The Data We Feed AI Determines The Results
The Register, Friday, April 28,2023
Generative AI hallucinations are the least of our problems
A year ago, AI was big news. if you were a data science geek or deeply concerned with protein folding. Otherwise? Not so much. But, then along came generative AI, you know it as ChatGPT, and now everybody is psyched about AI. It's going to transform the world! It's going to destroy all "creative" jobs. Don't get so excited yet sparky! Let me re-introduce you to an ancient tech phrase: Garbage In, Garbage Out (GIGO).
Some out there think AI chatbots "think," can learn, or at least they fact-check their answers. Nope. They don't. Today's AI programs are just very advanced, auto-complete, fill-in-the-blank engines. You've been using their more primitive ancestors in your email clients and texting programs to help clean up your spelling for years.