[LINK] ChatGPT's odds of getting code questions correct are worse than a coin flip

[Tom Worthington]

On 16/8/23 10:58, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:

> Suppose you wanted to tell an AI system how to distinguish between right 
> and wrong ...

More a philosophical than technical question. Like a good researcher, 
you could get the AI to find what is supported by evidence. But that 
doesn't necessarily make the answer factually correct, or morally right.

The problem is that the AI is mostly working on hearsay. It is 
harvesting text, which is what people said was the case, not it actually 
was. It will be interesting when the AI can look at direct evidence, 
from sensors, or by observing the behavior of people online, not what 
they say they do.

If you ask AI about a controversial topic, the answer will depend on who 
put the most convincing propaganda online. How would you know if the 
answer was correct: ask the government?


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Tom Worthington, http://www.tomw.net.au