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1. didgetmaster · 1790626362 · focus · HN ↗

   Computers are generally useful because we have come to trust the output. How many people would use a spreadsheet that posted a disclaimer that stated (some of the calculations might be wrong, don't use the output without first checking each total manually!)?

   1. tomjakubowski · 1790627659 · focus · HN ↗

      That's an interesting example because spreadsheets are commonly and famously riddled with data errors and mistakes in their calculations. Despite this, many businesses are run successfully on the backs of them. Maybe a spreadsheet which acknowledges openly that it could contain errors would disincline a business user from trusting it; ignorance is bliss.

      1. ArcHound · 1790628628 · focus · HN ↗

         But these are different errors. A sum of a column is always correct. Maybe it's not the answer you're looking for, maybe it misses an entry, but the sum is correct.

         That's not the case with AI.

         1. hbrn · 1790633036 · focus · HN ↗

            But AI output could be the very same spreadsheet.

            1. ArcHound · 1790655832 · focus · HN ↗

               Agree, I think this is the better approach. It's not what I'm seeing in my emails though.

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