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> the usual debate on emerging technologies between Thymoetes and Laocoon.

Could you expand on this?

> Something that works 99 times out of 100 is 99% correct from the first perspective and 100% wrong from the second

Interesting. From a _manufacturing_ perspective, you can't achieve 100%, you can only get asymptotically closer to it with statistical process control. And of course there are limits to the perfectibility of humans.

This suggests that the big deployment of AI will be in areas where there is no clear boundary between right and wrong answer.




>> the usual debate on emerging technologies between Thymoetes and Laocoon.

> Could you expand on this?

Not important, it's just a rhetorical flourish. In the second book of the Aeneid, Thymoetes is the guy who says (paraphrasing) "let's bring the horse inside" and Laocoon is the guy who says (literally) "beware of Greeks bearing gifts".

> This suggests that the big deployment of AI will be in areas where there is no clear boundary between right and wrong answer.

"AI" is an umbrella term at this point. If by AI we mean LLMs or similar technology, then my hunch is to agree with the statement. I don't think this is particularly controversial though, IIRC Yann LeCun said something similar.


"Timeo Danaos et Dona Ferentes"

Roughly, "I fear Greeks even when they come bearing gifts".




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