On the Dangers of Overused AI Metaphors
Calling language models “bullshit generators” and people who want AI regulation “modern Luddites” is bad for everyone —  In our attempts to understand the new from the old and the unknown from the known, we risk either stripping away too much truth or adding too much falsehood so that our inquiries inevitably become futile. Metaphors and historical comparisons are always imperfect. They often entail a trade-off between fidelity…
On the Dangers of Overused AI Metaphors Calling language models “bullshit generators” and people who want AI regulation “modern Luddites” is bad for everyone —  In our attempts to understand the new from the old and the unknown from the known, we risk either stripping away too much truth or adding too much falsehood so that our inquiries inevitably become futile. Metaphors and historical comparisons are always imperfect. They often entail a trade-off between fidelity… ai
Dangers Overused AI Metaphors Calling language model “bullshit generators” people want AI regulation “modern Luddites” bad everyone — attempt understand new old unknown known risk either stripping away much truth adding much falsehood inquiry inevitably become futile Metaphors historical comparison always imperfect often entail tradeoff fidelity… ai