Confirmation of anecdotes or gut feelings is still science. At some point you need data rather than experience to help people and organizations change their perception (see: most big tech companies lighting billions of dollars on fire on generative AI).
Not to mention based on the numbers in the article I imagine the AI might actually do better than an average human would do. It wasn’t as much of a “duh” as I thought it would be.
For many hundreds of years, blood-letting was an obvious thing to do. As was just giving people leeches for medical ailments. And ingesting mercury. We thought having sex with virgins would cure STDs. We thought doses of radiation was good for us. And tobacco. We thought it was obvious that the sun revolved around Earth.
It is enormously important to scientifically confirm things, even if they do seem obvious.
I love that someone even bothered with a study.
(Edit: To be clear, I am both amused, and also genuinely appreciate that the science is being done.)
Confirmation of anecdotes or gut feelings is still science. At some point you need data rather than experience to help people and organizations change their perception (see: most big tech companies lighting billions of dollars on fire on generative AI).
Not to mention based on the numbers in the article I imagine the AI might actually do better than an average human would do. It wasn’t as much of a “duh” as I thought it would be.
Agreed!
I don’t mean sarcasticly, honestly. As you said, it’s still valuable science.
That’s true. But still. Duh.
For many hundreds of years, blood-letting was an obvious thing to do. As was just giving people leeches for medical ailments. And ingesting mercury. We thought having sex with virgins would cure STDs. We thought doses of radiation was good for us. And tobacco. We thought it was obvious that the sun revolved around Earth.
It is enormously important to scientifically confirm things, even if they do seem obvious.