Craig HockenberryJun 14, 2023

I just stumbled upon a good way to answer the question "are you afraid of AI?" from folks who are less technically inclined.

Ask them if they consider the daily weather report “artificial intelligence" and if they fear it.

Same thing: a bunch of real world inputs that yield a prediction that may be right or wrong. There may be a tornado - or maybe just cloudy.

Of course, if we place to much reliance on those predictions things can go haywire.

Show threadBrent SimmonsJun 14, 2023
@chockenberry What scares me about generative AI is that it uses predictions to create things. Weather predictions don’t scare me because the weather AI isn’t actually creating the weather.
Show threadA. Lee Bennett Jr.

@brentsimmons @chockenberry I sense it may be worth while to point out that any meteorologist worth their keep will tell you they won’t predict the weather. They forecast it.

That’s why I don’t immediately see a parallel between AI and Wx.

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