Summary MDN's new "ai explain" button on code blocks generates human-like text that may be correct by happenstance, or may contain convincing falsehoods. this is a strange decision for a technical ...
It’s crazy how this technology that does nothing more than automatically generate text similar to text humans would write (or whatever else it’s trained on) has so many people convinced it’s a source of expertise on everything.
There’s nothing in there with a capacity of reasoning or awareness of fact. It’s the difference between an ALU and a CPU at this point. And a lot of people perfectly aware of that fact are essentially grifting the less savvy masses who see a black box that sounds smart.
It’s crazy how this technology that does nothing more than automatically generate text similar to text humans would write (or whatever else it’s trained on) has so many people convinced it’s a source of expertise on everything.
There’s nothing in there with a capacity of reasoning or awareness of fact. It’s the difference between an ALU and a CPU at this point. And a lot of people perfectly aware of that fact are essentially grifting the less savvy masses who see a black box that sounds smart.