Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)Feb 29, 2024

It seems like there are just endless bad ideas about how to use "AI". Here are some new ones courtesy of the UK government.

... and a short thread because there is so much awfulness in this one article.
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https://www.ft.com/content/f2ae55bf-b9fa-49b5-ac0e-8b7411729539

UK government to trial ‘red box’ AI tools to improve ministerial efficiency

Initiative is part of Rishi Sunak’s drive to boost Whitehall productivity through technology

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@emilymbender
please consider not using AI to describe LLM's... The words artificial intelligence gets everything wrong about what it is... there is no intelligence or reasoning behind it, and there is nothing artificial about programming decision trees to scale
Feb 29, 2024 at 5:49pmWeb
Show threadeuroplus Feb 29, 2024
@ifnotnow @emilymbender you’re talking to Ms “Stochastic Parrot”, you know? 🤦🏼‍♂️
Show threadeuroplus Feb 29, 2024
@ifnotnow @emilymbender sorry, that’s Prof. “Stochastic Parrot”! 🤣