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minimal_actionyesterday at 6:30 PM5 repliesview on HN

I have led AI integration in a university faculty. From this experience I can conclude that good work is only produced when humans are in the loop. It's not a technical barrier, but a categorical one. "Good" work is defined by humans and our judgment is irrational but rooted in our evolutionary survival needs. In other words, AI don't have human motivation by definition. Without human in the loop, the top most motivation is never fully aligned with us, today, as humans. This removes the premise at the basis of this post.


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ctdinjeu6today at 3:24 AM

Said simply: LLMs don’t have subjective reasoning.

They only “know” objective info.

Train one on your ad profile and who knows, maybe it makes decisions like you would ethics preferences and all

dtang2718yesterday at 6:50 PM

Agree with this. Even in software, the point of using AI is to produce something that a human finds valuable. There are many ways to use AI to build things faster, but a human has to be in the loop to point things in the right direction.

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epsteingpttoday at 8:25 AM

AIs are bureaucrats, no more - no no less: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48321576

bvcptoday at 2:20 AM

how many average humans do you need if your good humans are driving the ai

redwoodtoday at 1:22 AM

But that could be done by a smaller and smaller elite cadre.. maybe you could call it the philosopher Kings. But what about the masses