Answer: No. Duffy literally said what happened. They tried to run a totally new ‘SMART’ software system on hardware that he said they already knew couldn’t handle it. Said hardware… then… didn’t handle it.
So… the answer is actually YES? SMART is literally the AI system in question, and the question was whether the rollout led to the shutdown.
I am answering the rhetorical question in the title of the post/article.
In common casual speech, a ‘coincidence’ is merely a coincidence, just a coincidence, ie, the implication is that there is no actual causal relationship between the two coinciding things or events, they just happen to be nearby in space and/or time, but are otherwise unrelated.
This is not the case, they are directly, causally related.
So, the correct answer to the rhetorical question is ‘no’, as in ‘no, this is not merely a coincidence’.
So… the answer is actually YES? SMART is literally the AI system in question, and the question was whether the rollout led to the shutdown.So. Yes.N/m- dumb brain
I am answering the rhetorical question in the title of the post/article.
In common casual speech, a ‘coincidence’ is merely a coincidence, just a coincidence, ie, the implication is that there is no actual causal relationship between the two coinciding things or events, they just happen to be nearby in space and/or time, but are otherwise unrelated.
This is not the case, they are directly, causally related.
So, the correct answer to the rhetorical question is ‘no’, as in ‘no, this is not merely a coincidence’.
Ah- I’m an idiot. Not sure why I translated that to “is it related?”
Carry on!
No problem! =)