{"id":29559,"date":"2020-07-14T10:15:40","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T15:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=29559"},"modified":"2020-07-14T10:15:40","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T15:15:40","slug":"when-a-human-isnt-a-human","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2020\/07\/14\/when-a-human-isnt-a-human\/","title":{"rendered":"When A Human Isn’t A Human"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s well known that all “artificial intelligence” systems are sharply limited in their domain. IBM’s<\/strong><\/em> chess playing Deep Blue<\/em> doesn’t drive a car. But what happens when the domain itself begins a tectonic shift?<\/p>\n

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[Changing patterns of web searches] have also affected artificial intelligence<\/a>, causing hiccups for the algorithms that run behind the scenes in inventory management, fraud detection, marketing, and more. Machine-learning models trained on normal human behavior are now finding that normal has changed, and some are no longer working as they should.<\/p>\n

How bad the situation is depends on whom you talk to. According to Pactera Edge, a global AI consultancy, \u201cautomation is in tailspin.\u201d Others say they are keeping a cautious eye on automated systems that are just about holding up, stepping in with a manual correction when needed.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s clear is that the pandemic has revealed how intertwined our lives are with AI, exposing a delicate codependence in which changes to our behavior change how AI works, and changes to how AI works change our behavior. This is also a reminder that human involvement in automated systems remains key. \u201cYou can never sit and forget when you\u2019re in such extraordinary circumstances,\u201d says [Rael Cline, CEO of\u00a0 algorithmic advertising consultancy Nozzle]. [MIT Technology Review<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I wonder which of the AI developers are trying to train their systems to predict such shifts, based on human-centered news sources, for purposes of training their systems to shift on the predicted path of change.<\/p>\n

That would be another step along the path to self-agency, don’t you think?<\/p>\n

In the meantime, I’m feeling just a bit like an insect under a microscope.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s well known that all “artificial intelligence” systems are sharply limited in their domain. IBM’s chess playing Deep Blue doesn’t drive a car. But what happens when the domain itself begins a tectonic shift? [Changing patterns of web searches] have also affected artificial intelligence, causing hiccups for the algorithms that \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29559"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29560,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29559\/revisions\/29560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}