AI: I Don't Know What I'm Talking About - fordsfords/fordsfords.github.io GitHub Wiki

I've been thinking a lot about AI recenty.

Parent article: AI:

I have a character flaw. I am opinionated about subjects that I know very little about.

"Welcome to the human race."

I know that AI ethics have been researched in great depth by much better-trained thinkers than me. What right do I have to form opinions based on first impressions and a few days of contemplation?

"The same right that everybody else has, of course."

But I'm genuinely not proud of my compulsion to spout my opinions without doing the diligence. I know I should read the research, learn the technology, and study other opinions before I form my own. But who has time for that?

In my younger years, I had the ego to assume that my ill-informed opinions were probably mostly right, because I'm a smart cookie. As I've aged, I've discovered time and time again that my opinions have needed major adjustments or outright re-writes. I'm no longer confident in my ill-informed positions.

But I still form them. I can't help it.

Chances are I'll lose interest in AI until the next big thing gets everybody all excited. And these articles will just be an embarrassment to me.

Or, who knows? Maybe I'll try to make time for some AI learning. We'll see.