A cheeky two-panel comic exposed something bigger: your AI can sound clever, but it’s mostly guessing.
I asked AI to create a picture of a sandwich, it delivered a wonderful scene of sand dunes with a witch on it.😳
I had a similar experience!
I was trying to create a sigil that included a spiral, but it kept drawing it backwards.
I tried to explain logically:
"Flip the spiral on its vertical axis"
"Make it move outward in a clockwise direction, not counterclockwise"
Nothing worked. Finally I drew it myself and uploaded a photo.
AI is brilliant at data gathering, mimicing tone, clarifying technical posts, and identifying concepts I was unable to articulate clearly.
But it also misses obvious errors and contradictions. Its not infallible or omnipotent.
So we shouldnt treat it as such.
I can’t see things in my mind either so I learned to be vague about what I remember about things I’ve seen.
“I’m pretty sure the pickles are on the top shelf of the fridge in the right, as far as I remember.”
And if I do remember correctly it’s because of muscle memory, which AI doesn’t have.
Loved this.
Midjourney is even worse, can't spell for toffee!
AIs are just confident guessers in good suits. They feel like they see, but don't. They sound like they know, but are just finishing our sentences with style and hoping we don’t notice any gaps.
I asked AI to create a picture of a sandwich, it delivered a wonderful scene of sand dunes with a witch on it.😳
I had a similar experience!
I was trying to create a sigil that included a spiral, but it kept drawing it backwards.
I tried to explain logically:
"Flip the spiral on its vertical axis"
"Make it move outward in a clockwise direction, not counterclockwise"
Nothing worked. Finally I drew it myself and uploaded a photo.
AI is brilliant at data gathering, mimicing tone, clarifying technical posts, and identifying concepts I was unable to articulate clearly.
But it also misses obvious errors and contradictions. Its not infallible or omnipotent.
So we shouldnt treat it as such.
I can’t see things in my mind either so I learned to be vague about what I remember about things I’ve seen.
“I’m pretty sure the pickles are on the top shelf of the fridge in the right, as far as I remember.”
And if I do remember correctly it’s because of muscle memory, which AI doesn’t have.
Loved this.
Midjourney is even worse, can't spell for toffee!
AIs are just confident guessers in good suits. They feel like they see, but don't. They sound like they know, but are just finishing our sentences with style and hoping we don’t notice any gaps.