Dangers of relying on AI

[myglaren]

Watching the BBC series "The Future With Hannah Fry ", admittedly mostly because it is Hannah Fry, the second in the series has motoring implications that many here may find interesting and disturbing.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m ... -do-i-feel

[CitroJim]

admittedly mostly because it is Hannah Fry

The only reason I'd ever watch it

[MattBLancs]

Had an interesting repeated Ai hiccup recently:

The Google news headlines that pop up on my phone seems to be AI prompts, where if I click on one of interest, it then gets AI to give me a summary of the story. It also includes traffic reports on the M6 that I travel on regularly.

The other day it gave a headline like:

M6 is closed due to overturned lorry

So I clicked the "Interested" button to hear more:

today 15th May, the M6 is closed due to overturned lorry. Motorists are currently experiencing delays if 45 minutes. The accident happened at 9:30 AM

What confused me was mention of the date - the previous day!

So I asked it to confirm if was still closed

M6 open and flowing normally

Err, so when did it reopen?

reopened 15th May, 12:30 pm

Had almost the same another day too. AI hasn't yet got to grips with "currently" or what day it is!

[MattBLancs]

Ah, seems I've got a "history" of these discussions

1 = top line is the "headline" that triggers AI to leap into action - Day 1

2

Second occurrence:

3

^^^^ again, top line is "the prompt"

4

5

6

7

Missed between 7 and 8

8

[myglaren]

If I pose a Google question there is invariably an AI response at the top of the page.
I hurry quickly past that.

Also regarding AI, I forget where but there was news of a 'zero day' malignancy stripping details from mobile phones, including banking details.
Strengthens my reluctance to have banking and most other 'apps' on my phone.

[PaulC5]

In Atlanta an AI glitch has been causing Waymo driverless cars to go round a cul-de-sac https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/czx20g00ly1o

[MattBLancs]

If I pose a Google question there is invariably an AI response at the top of the page.
I hurry quickly past that.

Bit of a faff, but if you type

-ai

At the end of your search term, Google will hide the AI bit at the top, saves a bit of scrolling past it

[myglaren]

Good tip but I am so used to ignoring it I do it without thinking now.

[CitroJim]

It all goes to show AI still has a way to go... I know this sounds ironic but it seems to me that AI needs to be used with a great deal of awareness and intelligence. Take what it says at face value at your peril