The CNET Fake News Fiasco, Autopilot, and the Uncanny Cognitive Valley
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Claims from this post (7)
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Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Recommendation or value judgment
“Anyone who thinks about how AI is used should know about it—especially as we are about to head into an era of ubiquitous yet fallible AI.”
Our reading: Anyone thinking about how AI is used should understand Mackworth's finding that human vigilance breaks down.
No horizon
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Recommendation or value judgment
“Elon Musk has spent the last several years trying to build cars with partial driver-assistance—which does require humans to stay focused at all times. Mackworth’s Dictum suggests this is not necessarily the best idea.”
Our reading: Mackworth's Dictum suggests that Elon Musk's effort to build cars with partial driver-assistance, which requires humans to stay focused at all times, is not necessarily the best idea.
No horizon
Qualifier: Mackworth's Dictum suggests
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Observation
“To me, all this reads as a paper that nobody is willing to stand behind.”
Our reading: The Fridman-led paper claiming Tesla Autopilot drivers maintain vigilance appears to be one nobody is willing to stand behind.
No horizon
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Forecast
“Few people are likely ever to pay enough attention.”
Our reading: Few people are likely ever to pay enough attention to catch errors in AI-generated output.
No horizon
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Conditional forecast
“The stakes may get even higher if people start to rely on immature AI—which is all we have got, so far—for legal or medical advice.”
Our reading: If people start relying on current immature AI for legal or medical advice, the stakes of over-trust may become even higher.
No horizon
Only if: if people start to rely on immature AI for legal or medical advice
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Observation
“The stakes may get even higher if people start to rely on immature AI—which is all we have got, so far—for legal or medical advice.”
Our reading: All AI available so far is immature.
No horizon
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Recommendation or value judgment
“We all need to be on our guard.”
Our reading: Everyone needs to be on guard against over-trusting fallible AI output.
No horizon