Having played in this sandbox before, I see the following potential problems with developing AI applications that are supposed to have an unfailing aptitude:
- Proper order of mathematical and logical operations
- Number type confusions
- Keeping track of significant digits after calculations … and rounding errors
- Chemistry and radiation math
- Pronoun confusions
- Currency conversions
- Fiscal vs. calander year reconciliations
- Physics calculations
- Gaming of AI algorithms
- Astronomical calculations
- Validity of referenced information
- Units conversions … particularly between different worldwide or historic units systems
- Even though the referenced knowledge base is huge … it is puny when compared to what it should be.
- Identifying semantic precedents — this, that, previous
- Words representing definite numbers — ream, bakers dozen, hertz, pair, home run, extra point touch, triad, quartet, octave, gold carats (but not diamond carats), marathon — being used in alien context
- Indefinite numbers or probabilities — some, many, parcel, teenager, tween, herd, handful, pinch, dose
- Infinity or infinite in mathematics
- Scaling mixups … particularly very large and very small ones … or scaling imbedded in unit’s names — megatons, kilograms, nanoseconds
- Sifting through thousands of possible answers
- Truly random numbers
- Sequencing of grammatical transformation rules
- Time and date calculations … including daylight savings time anomalies … and leap year and leap second specifics
- Geographic location calculations
- Mixing up people’s names
- Multiple synonym chains
- Keeping up-to-date with changing vernaculars — medical, political, hip-hop, etc.
- Fractured syntax rules … ala Yoda in Star Wars
- Unusual regional or professional idioms
I confidently predict that AI developers have not … and probably will not resolve all these … and many other … possible conundrums.
So, dear reader, take a deep breath before you swallow all the claims surrounding this meme. How do I know this? Pilgrim, I have dealt with many of theses real-life gremlins before.
Afterward:
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