{"id":9801,"date":"2023-06-14T17:28:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T21:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/?p=9801"},"modified":"2023-06-13T14:53:59","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T18:53:59","slug":"human-hallucinations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/2023\/06\/14\/human-hallucinations\/","title":{"rendered":"Human hallucinations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Listened to a Marketplace Tech episode about AI backed banking chatbots. A line caught my attention.:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Sometimes people characterize made-up statements as hallucinations. I think that\u2019s giving a little too much humanity to a robot, but if you would be comfortable with a teller just fully making something up to a member of the public, that tells you what you\u2019d be comfortable with your technology doing.<\/p>\n<cite><strong>Erie Meyer<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketplace.org\/shows\/marketplace-tech\/for-banking-customers-ai-chatbots-may-have-trust-issues\/\">For banking customers, AI chatbots may have trust issues<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Chatbots make mistakes. Humans also make mistakes. But humans hold computers to a higher standard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My occasional frustration with bank employees is they make mistakes. Like all employees. Because to err is human. Being a technologist, my days are spent working on computer systems making mistakes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sneezypb\/1768565437\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/2405\/1768565437_e46e145f2b_c_d.jpg?resize=373%2C265&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"373\" height=\"265\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sneezypb\/1768565437\">Think an SUV or Truck Driver Doesn&#8217;t Like Hybrids<\/a> by Ezra S.F.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>People distrust self-driving cars but ride with a human barely holding on to their license due to getting caught recklessly driving. How? They can look into a human&#8217;s eyes and judge them as trustworthy or not. It&#8217;s not based on historical data or facts as much as a feel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t expect technology to be perfect, but in many ways it can be better than a human. And often my days are spent trying to get humans to let go of things they are doing a good enough job where technology could do as good a job or even better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The real hallucinations are human judgement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listened to a Marketplace Tech episode about AI backed banking chatbots. A line caught my attention.: Sometimes people characterize made-up statements as hallucinations. 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