Comment on A generation taught not to think: AI in the classroom
jpreston2005@lemmy.world 6 days agoIf I were to give you a calculator that was programmed to give the wrong answers, would that be a useful tool? Would you be better off for having used it?
Does a calculator do a significant amount of statistical analysis and base its output on the most probable result from a massive data set?
No. That would be stupid.
People taking the response from LLMs at face value is a problem, which is the point of the discussion, but disregarding it entirely would be equally dumb. Critical thinking would include knowing when and where to use a specific tool instead of trying to force one to be universal.
but that’s the problem. Ai people are pushing it as a universal tool. The huge push we saw to have ai in everything is kind of proof of that.
People taking the response from LLMs at face value is a problem
So we can’t trust it, but in addition to that, we also can’t trust people on TV, or people writing articles for official sounding websites, or the white house, or pretty much anything anymore. and that’s the real problem. We’ve cultivated an environment where facts and realities are twisted to fit a narrative, and then demanded that we give equal air time and consideration to literal false information being peddled by hucksters. These LLMs probably wouldn’t be so bad if we didn’t feed them the same derivative and nonsensical BS we consume on a daily basis. but at this point we’ve just introduced and are now relying on a flawed tool that’s basing it’s knowledge on flawed information and it just creates a positive feedback loop of bullshit. People are using ai to write BS articles that are then referenced by ai. It won’t ever get better, it will only get worse.
Does a calculator do a significant amount of statistical analysis and base its output on the most probable result from a massive data set?
Well, they will be very soon. And probably require a monthly monthly subscription fee as well. They will leave no technological orifice unviolated.
May God have mercy on us.
Pls no, I just want to 2+2 for when I forgor
bold_atlas@lemmy.world 6 days ago
AI is literally the “Calcucorn” from Tim Heidecker’s “Tom Goes to the Mayor.”