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.
𝗨𝗻𝗱 𝗷𝗲𝘁𝘇𝘁 𝗸𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘁 𝗞𝗜 – 𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘂𝗳 𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗸𝗹𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗼 𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗵𝗿… !
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 Göttingen 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.
𝗔𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝟱 𝗝𝗮𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗻? 𝗪𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘁, 𝘄𝗲𝗻𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗯𝘀𝘁 𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗵𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗸𝗼̈𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗻, 𝗼𝗯 𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗯𝗻𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘁, 𝘄𝗲𝗶𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝗿 – 𝗶𝗺 𝘂̈𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗻 – 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗻, 𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗭𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗹 𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝘇𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗲𝗻?
Perhaps we should also check our calculators… because none of us would notice if the calculation shown in the picture produced an incorrect result.
𝗕𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗸 𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝗳𝗮̈𝗵𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗵 – 𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗺 𝗞𝗜-𝗞𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗵𝘁…
The paradox: we trust a calculator more than we trust ourselves… crazy.
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