Research featured in today's FT suggests that AI Chatbots give wrong/mistaken answers to Q.s about finance 57% of the time rising to nearly 100% for more complex issues.
It seems to me to be unlikely (as we really already know) that this problem is going to be limited to financial advice.... and so, rather than by-pass the need for knowledge, what this tells us is that you need to know *more* so you can tell when the AI or related technology you're using is wrong!
#AI #politics #education
Emeritus Prof. Christopher May
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