AI Is Unreliable
Last Updated on July 26, 2023 by Editorial Team
Author(s): Rafe Brena, Ph.D.
Originally published on Towards AI.
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Don’t take me wrong; I’m not an anti-AI folk; rather, the opposite: when I first saw the AI option for my graduate studies, I just felt it was made especially for me. I enrolled there and never looked back. Then I spent over 30 years working as a researcher in the area, enduring the AI winters, lack of budget, etc. That was way before AI became cool in this century.
So, believe me, I’m familiar with the misery and limitations of real AI, which is… Read the full blog for free on Medium.
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