Reasonable Decisions and AI

Better safe than sorry. But… The smoke detector shouldn’t go off because we burned dinner.The car shouldn’t automatically stop in the middle of the road because of a pedestrian on the shoulder.The security system shouldn’t call the Police if the dog...

The Pinocchio Problem and AI

Pinocchio says, “My nose will grow now.” But Pinocchio’s nose only grows if he’s lying. Therefore, if his nose grows, he’s lying. Conversely, if it doesn’t, he was lying, thus making the statement true again. The AI...

The Future of Software Engineering with AI

More. Better. Faster. Cheaper. Every software engineer will have an army of coding interns who rarely get it wrong.  Therefore, every software engineer will be an architect, chief engineer, and engineering manager.  You may think this means less software engineers,...

The AI Trust Calibration Factor

ChatGPT hallucinates. So do we humans. “AI hallucination is a phenomenon wherein a large language model (LLM) perceives patterns or objects that are nonexistent or imperceptible to human observers, creating outputs that are nonsensical or altogether...

Dishwasher-Lazy AI

Are you dishwasher-lazy? If so, you probably don’t get what you want out of it. Do you rinse/pre-wash your dishes before you put them in the dishwasher? You may not want to. You may say things like, “what good is it if I have...

AI and HR?

The CEO of Lattice made this announcement a few days ago: Today, Lattice made history to become the first company to lead in the responsible employment of AI “digital workers” by creating a digital employee record to govern them...

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