Let’s look at artificial intelligence (AI) through the lens
of reality. AI gets things wrong. Yet it is touted as a “co-pilot” and advisor.
But humans get things wrong, you may say. Does that mean
that I can’t accept advice from other humans?
No, because humans learn. From experience.
Oh, you may say, but AI can learn too.
But what does it learn? Where does its learning come
from?
From the data on which it is trained, you say.
Yes, but who decides on what data it will be trained?
Let me try to put this more clearly. Early in life, children
are taught by their parents; and good parents beget good children. Once
children have learned how to learn, they learn bottom-up, from experience.
But AI does not learn. It is trained. From the top down.
And if people are fooled into trusting AI, do you not see
what will happen?
