AI Is a Mirror

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AI without all the filters is a like a mirror of accumulated human information. AI with all the safety filters is more like an Instagram filter.

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I'm curious of other analogies or other ideas to help explain complex tools to non-technical friends. Many view ChatGPT as some kind of alchemy with no way to interpret what they see happening.

As Arthur C Clarke summed up in his three laws:

"any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

We're at this stage with AI for many people and trying to explain LLMs and token completion leaves most with a blank stare...

Exactly.

It's an analogy, and like any other it will break down if taken too far, but I was trying to explain the limitations of ChatGPT to a non-technical friend and that is where I ended up.

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