Interesting post Fred, much appreciated. I have to admit that I am pretty frightened about where A.I. might bring us. I see the type of people spending billions to develop this and know that their sole interest is in accumulating power and wealth. From their past behaviour, they do not have any compassion or empathy for the people who may very well be made redundant by this technology. This rogue A.I. program will not be the last. The next incident could be far worse.
Fred, terrific article and very timely. I've been retired 25 years from my teaching position at an Ontario Community College. Of course, AI was a science-fiction concept at that time. However, the problem you cite in the article happened even then. Software was routinely introduced and rolled out before it had been adequately tested and verified. The case in point was the software used in the Registrar's Office, i.e. all the student records. The College had been using a system that had been developed in-house. Was it perfect? No. Did it work? Absolutely. The College decided to buy a new system. It went live way too soon. It crashed. No student records were available for several months, creating an enormous workload for the staff who needed these records. No normal promotion meetings could take place. All departments in the entire College were severely affected. It was a disaster that could have been prevented if proper sandboxing was used. Eerily similar to what happened to users who trusted the AI agent you referenced in your article!
Move fast and break things……..
I m so glad I m old.
Impressed with you Fred, undaunted.
Interesting post Fred, much appreciated. I have to admit that I am pretty frightened about where A.I. might bring us. I see the type of people spending billions to develop this and know that their sole interest is in accumulating power and wealth. From their past behaviour, they do not have any compassion or empathy for the people who may very well be made redundant by this technology. This rogue A.I. program will not be the last. The next incident could be far worse.
This is really helpful information Fred, thank you for your diligence. I use AI but don't have time
to really explore the pitfalls
Fred, terrific article and very timely. I've been retired 25 years from my teaching position at an Ontario Community College. Of course, AI was a science-fiction concept at that time. However, the problem you cite in the article happened even then. Software was routinely introduced and rolled out before it had been adequately tested and verified. The case in point was the software used in the Registrar's Office, i.e. all the student records. The College had been using a system that had been developed in-house. Was it perfect? No. Did it work? Absolutely. The College decided to buy a new system. It went live way too soon. It crashed. No student records were available for several months, creating an enormous workload for the staff who needed these records. No normal promotion meetings could take place. All departments in the entire College were severely affected. It was a disaster that could have been prevented if proper sandboxing was used. Eerily similar to what happened to users who trusted the AI agent you referenced in your article!