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   Benj Edwards (benjedwards@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Apr-2023 11:47:47 JST Benj Edwards

   Are we purposely engineering non-deterministic systems? And by which I mean, putting randomness into a deterministic system to make it seem human, and then getting mad when it fails?

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     Benj Edwards (benjedwards@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Apr-2023 11:47:47 JST Benj Edwards

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     When people compare engineering airplanes to building AI models, we're not exactly making airplanes randomly flap their wings at unexpected times to seem more like birds, are we? They'd probably crash unexpectedly while trying to catch an insect