The Problem with AI Answers...

[Stephen3141]

AI means the end of internet search as we’ve known it

Despite fewer clicks, copyright fights, and sometimes iffy answers, AI could unlock new ways to summon all the world’s knowledge.

www.technologyreview.com

The AI large language model tools that answer quesitons, have gone beyond
providing references for their conclusions. Now, they simply state "answers".

Sorry, but this is like someone who claims to be a mathematician, giving you
the "answer" to a math problem, without showing the "work" of how they
arrived at the answer.

There is no way in which a Christian, who should be concerned about "bearing true
witness" about out shared reality, should accept this kind of AI "answer".

Or, as the writer of this article states...

"There are some real hazards here. First and foremost: Large language models will lie to you. They hallucinate. They get [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse] wrong. When it doesn’t have an answer, an AI model can blithely and confidently spew back a response anyway. For Google, which has built its reputation over the past 20 years on reliability, this could be a real problem. For the rest of us, it could actually be dangerous."

Christians should expect to get more and more AI generated conclusions, to be
evaluated on Christian apologetics sites.

Christians should expect to get more and more AI generated contents in the lessons
of pastors and teachers, whether or not the pastors/teachers admit how they arrived
at the substance of their lesson.

Pastors/teachers who do not give references for their ideas (if the ideas are not their
own), or cannot explain (with formal logic) why the source of the idea should be seen as
authoritative, SIMPLY SHOULD NOT BE BELIEVED.

The warning of the Apostle still stands: "Test all things, hold onto what is good."

Spreading the "answers" of the new AI tools, when they cannot reference where they got
their information, and cannot justify their conclusions with formal logic, is the same as
SPREADING GOSSIP.

 

[Maria Billingsley]

AI means the end of internet search as we’ve known it

Despite fewer clicks, copyright fights, and sometimes iffy answers, AI could unlock new ways to summon all the world’s knowledge.

www.technologyreview.com

The AI large language model tools that answer quesitons, have gone beyond
providing references for their conclusions. Now, they simply state "answers".

Sorry, but this is like someone who claims to be a mathematician, giving you
the "answer" to a math problem, without showing the "work" of how they
arrived at the answer.

There is no way in which a Christian, who should be concerned about "bearing true
witness" about out shared reality, should accept this kind of AI "answer".

Or, as the writer of this article states...

"There are some real hazards here. First and foremost: Large language models will lie to you. They hallucinate. They get [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse] wrong. When it doesn’t have an answer, an AI model can blithely and confidently spew back a response anyway. For Google, which has built its reputation over the past 20 years on reliability, this could be a real problem. For the rest of us, it could actually be dangerous."

Christians should expect to get more and more AI generated conclusions, to be
evaluated on Christian apologetics sites.

Christians should expect to get more and more AI generated contents in the lessons
of pastors and teachers, whether or not the pastors/teachers admit how they arrived
at the substance of their lesson.

Pastors/teachers who do not give references for their ideas (if the ideas are not their
own), or cannot explain (with formal logic) why the source of the idea should be seen as
authoritative, SIMPLY SHOULD NOT BE BELIEVED.

The warning of the Apostle still stands: "Test all things, hold onto what is good."

Spreading the "answers" of the new AI tools, when they cannot reference where they got
their information, and cannot justify their conclusions with formal logic, is the same as
SPREADING GOSSIP.

Christians should be able to discern what is truth if they walk with His Holy Spirit daily. Additionally, the more Christians, with that discernment, interact with AI and correct these systems, the more truthful they become. They are after all, learning from us. Spread the Good News!
Blessings