Med varje ny flashig press-release från Big Tech om deras senaste nya språkmodell kan man lita på att en viss Chalmerskollega får in en alarmistisk debattartikel i svensk dagspress. Givetvis utan kritisk granskning av Techbolagets förenklingar, katastrofscenarier som bara de
This worries me most about AI in science. It's what happened with the advent of Stata and SPSS. They enabled incredibly rapid advances in the sciences and also set the stage for the replication crisis. Sadly, so many scientists simply don't understand the stats they are using.
From "Momo — oder Die seltsame Geschichte von den Zeit-Dieben und von dem Kind, das den Menschen die gestohlene Zeit zurückbrachte," by Michael Ende.
The best (childrens) book ever.
I don't think it's a named logical fallacy, but there is a type of thinking that has trouble distinguishing "doesn't literally violate the laws of physics" from "should be achievable in a few years with sufficient gumption."
"A wise general makes sure to insult and humiliate allies before heading into battle"
- Sun Tzu
I might send you a manuscript early next week 👍🏻
And this.
Ha ha!
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You will like a paper my colleagues and I are working on :-)