The Algorithmic Bridge

The Algorithmic Bridge

The Alienness of AI Is a Bigger Problem Than Its Imperfection

If humans aren't perfect, why should AI be?

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Alberto Romero
Dec 07, 2022
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Today I bring you a fresh perspective on a topic I’ve written about a lot on TAB: AI imperfection.

But, instead of enumerating the ways in which AI systems fail, as I typically do, I’m going to change my point of view to give you a new—and rather convincing—argument that I haven’t seen written anywhere else.

Let's start from the beginning. A few days ago, before ChatGPT was a thing, I was scrolling Twitter and saw this picture (try to recognize what you’re looking at):

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