When was the last time you checked the result of a calculator? Can anyone still imagine that people used to calculate “by hand”?
For decades, we have been brought up to trust technology. First the calculator, then computers, now smartphones and tablets. The art of engineering has produced some truly insane and crazy devices. Technology is calculable, deterministic, comprehensible and – conversely – predictable.
Our generation has become accustomed to trusting technology, we have also stopped checking the results of calculators with pen and paper and we often trust computers more than the users who operate them.
๐จ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ท๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ ๐๐ – ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐๐ณ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐บ๐ฎ๐น ๐ธ๐น๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ต๐ฟ… !
Due to the structure of AI (neural networks, training data, weights) and the incredibly large amounts of data, systems are created that are no longer comprehensible to humans (or other machines). AI cannot be explained or calculated. The consequences are unforeseeable and will keep us busy for years to come.
In future, our society will no longer be able to rely on the familiar trust in technology. AI systems must be categorized differently and their results evaluated differently. This is a huge challenge in teaching at the PFH Private University of Applied Sciences Gรถttingen and also in the field of experts ( Streitz Hoppen & Partner – IT experts ). But: we are facing up to this challenge, because we must not “rely” on the fact that it will somehow fit.
We are currently in a phase of fascination and, above all, in a phase in which the users of AI can still judge for themselves whether the results make sense or not. We (still) have the expertise to be able to assess and evaluate the results.
๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป? ๐ช๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ต๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ป ๐ธ๐ผฬ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ป, ๐ผ๐ฏ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ป๐ถ๐ ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ป๐ป ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐, ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐น ๐๐ถ๐ฟ – ๐ถ๐บ ๐ฬ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ป๐ป – ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ป, ๐บ๐ถ๐ ๐ญ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐น ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ฒ๐ป?
Perhaps we should also check our calculators… because none of us would notice if the calculation shown in the picture produced an incorrect result.
๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ถ๐ธ ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฎฬ๐ต๐ฟ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต – ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐บ ๐๐-๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐…
The paradox: we trust a calculator more than we trust ourselves… crazy.
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