Of course I’m “only taking into account the cases where AI could mislead.” That’s the part about them that’s dangerous.
You said it yourself:
the average person in comparison is stupid as fuck
A lot of people lack information literacy and take no steps to verify what an LLM tells them. Yet you think they’d be able to parse factual information from hallucinated information? As I linked above, even lawyers, who know full well how to research things, are screwing up by relying on LLMs. How is the average person supposed to know that what they’re being told is accurate?
Best case scenario, somebody researches a claim and finds it to be true. But in that case, why not just go straight to researching sources yourself, without the LLM in the first place? It’s an extra “middle man” that can’t discern fact from fiction, that makes up studies that don’t exist in order to back up whatever nonsense it dreams up.
Being stupid as fuck means you are supposed to get access to more knowledge not less.
How is the average person supposed to know that what they’re being told is accurate?
This applies to everything not just AI, you can forward this answer to an LLM and it will help you with the puzzle.
Best case scenario, somebody researches a claim and finds it to be true. But in that case, why not just go straight to researching sources yourself, without the LLM in the first place?
because for example to know where the pisiform bone is, going through a 2000 pages anatomy book may be not too practical for the average person.
Of course I’m “only taking into account the cases where AI could mislead.” That’s the part about them that’s dangerous.
You said it yourself:
A lot of people lack information literacy and take no steps to verify what an LLM tells them. Yet you think they’d be able to parse factual information from hallucinated information? As I linked above, even lawyers, who know full well how to research things, are screwing up by relying on LLMs. How is the average person supposed to know that what they’re being told is accurate?
Best case scenario, somebody researches a claim and finds it to be true. But in that case, why not just go straight to researching sources yourself, without the LLM in the first place? It’s an extra “middle man” that can’t discern fact from fiction, that makes up studies that don’t exist in order to back up whatever nonsense it dreams up.
Being stupid as fuck means you are supposed to get access to more knowledge not less.
This applies to everything not just AI, you can forward this answer to an LLM and it will help you with the puzzle.
because for example to know where the pisiform bone is, going through a 2000 pages anatomy book may be not too practical for the average person.