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0 pointsshakna11mo ago0 comments

Using predictable systems.

If your C compiler invents a new function call for a non-existent function while generating code, that's usually a bug.

If an LLM does, that's... Normal. And a non-event.

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pixl9711mo ago

If we have to use predictable systems, how could we use humans in the first place?

jcims11mo ago

And?

What other engineering domain operates on a fundamentally predictable substrate? Even computer science at any appreciable scale or complexity becomes unpredictable.

shaknaOP11mo ago

Every engineering domain operates within "known bounds". That makes it dependable.

An engineer doesn't just shrug and pick up slag because it contains the same materials as the original bauxite.

jcims11mo ago

Of course not, but how did we get to that point with materials science and chemistry?

We’re basically in the stone ages of understanding how to interact with synthetic intelligence.

shaknaOP11mo ago

Through research and experimentation, yes.

But attempts to integrate little understood things in daily life gave us radium toothpaste and lead poisoning. Let's not repeat stone age mistakes. Research first, integrate later.

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pixl9711mo ago

If we have to use predictable systems, how could we use humans in the first place?

jcims11mo ago

And?

What other engineering domain operates on a fundamentally predictable substrate? Even computer science at any appreciable scale or complexity becomes unpredictable.

shaknaOP11mo ago

Every engineering domain operates within "known bounds". That makes it dependable.

An engineer doesn't just shrug and pick up slag because it contains the same materials as the original bauxite.

jcims11mo ago

Of course not, but how did we get to that point with materials science and chemistry?

We’re basically in the stone ages of understanding how to interact with synthetic intelligence.

shaknaOP11mo ago

Through research and experimentation, yes.

But attempts to integrate little understood things in daily life gave us radium toothpaste and lead poisoning. Let's not repeat stone age mistakes. Research first, integrate later.

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