> calculators cannot do math because they don’t really understand numbers
I don't think that's an appropriate analogy at all.
He's not saying that AI is not useful. He's saying that it doesn't understand or reason, so it does not generate the truth.
So you can ask chatgpt a question about the german tax system, but it would be a mistake to have it do your taxes.
in the same way, a calculator could help with your taxes, because it has been engineered to give precise answers about some math operations, but it cannot do your taxes.
It’s equally true for humans, benchmarks of intelligence. Most shortcomings in our working life is from miscommunications and misunderstanding requirements, and then simply by incompetence and making trivial mistakes.
I don't think that's an appropriate analogy at all.
He's not saying that AI is not useful. He's saying that it doesn't understand or reason, so it does not generate the truth.
So you can ask chatgpt a question about the german tax system, but it would be a mistake to have it do your taxes.
in the same way, a calculator could help with your taxes, because it has been engineered to give precise answers about some math operations, but it cannot do your taxes.