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Clever Hans Effect: Attributing Own Intelligent Capabilities to something Else
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clever_Hans
The phenomenon of projecting ones own intellectual capabilities on something else.
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So what happens if GenAI software throws random results at you, and you weed out the answers which don’t make sense?
What remains are intelligent answers, effectively produced by you.
I believe this principle is often present in “smart tech”. Smart search? The web user’s task is to weed out the drivel. Smart supermarket checkout register? The customer does the work - and bears responsibility if the result is wrong. Smart driving? The human has to watch and take over at any moment.
So, a broken clock is right twice a day? Doesn’t mean we should keep the clock.
And that, in a nutshell, is the problem with LLMbeciles. To use them “effectively” (whatever that is defined as) you have to have expertise in the field of inquiry to ensure that the answers aren’t gibberish asspulls. But if you have enough expertise for that, you don’t need the “assistance” of the LLMbecile.