... defined by artificial intelligence as "... a situation where one person or object is incorrectly confused for, or thought to be, someone or something else."
I thoroughly enjoyed the picture of your rice creation, and the AI interpretations. Scary in my mind as so many are relying on the service for truth. Human ingenuity and creative processes are certainly suffering. Where will it all end?
All new technologies have solved some problems while having unforeseen and undesirable consequences. New problens to be dealt with! A messy way to proceed, but human.
Regarding the AI definition: HUMANS have identities, THINGS do not (but may be defined by membership in categories, taxonomies, collectives, etc.). An example of what I perceive as the main threat of AI - it's linguistic.
I went to an estate sale with my 11-year-old grandson this morning. He was thrilled to look for treasure. I was depressed by the jumble of junk, the detritus of a lonely life (I knew the former owner of the "estate"). But he found some small old perfume bottles, and I have a friend who collects them, and we bought 5. Someone at the sale told me Google Lens would identify them and tell me what they were worth. Their identification seemed very specific (my friend will know how accurate). And according to the app, we got abotu $200 worth of collectibles for $35.
Sounds like you had fun asking AI to identify various things -- with disappointing results. And I love that you made that sculpture and presented it to the chef. Unless he or she (or they) is humorless, I'm sure they got a big kick out of it. Personally I would share your revulsion elicited by a lump of mochi.
Well what I ordered was not mochi -- it was just meant to be rice accompanying the other things -- as a fan of Japanese cuisine, I would love to try true mochi. I'm sure with the wonderful sauces & other ingredients added on top it would be delectable. Let's go!
My first thought when I saw the cat-rice image was that you had an inventive chef! Delighted that it was your own creative interpretation.
And what an interesting art identification experiment. Yes, it’s worrying when AI doesn’t have the capacity to admit ‘I don’t know’!
I wonder why, when AI doesn't really know what art it's seeing, it wouldn't simply describe it in a factual way, followed by "artist not identified"?
I thoroughly enjoyed the picture of your rice creation, and the AI interpretations. Scary in my mind as so many are relying on the service for truth. Human ingenuity and creative processes are certainly suffering. Where will it all end?
All new technologies have solved some problems while having unforeseen and undesirable consequences. New problens to be dealt with! A messy way to proceed, but human.
As an author & composer, I am certainly worried ... it probably won't end, but it will evolve ...
I always enjoy reading your posts, Clyde!!
And I enjoy thinking of you reading them -- thank you for your comment!
Regarding the AI definition: HUMANS have identities, THINGS do not (but may be defined by membership in categories, taxonomies, collectives, etc.). An example of what I perceive as the main threat of AI - it's linguistic.
Agreed, for sure.
I went to an estate sale with my 11-year-old grandson this morning. He was thrilled to look for treasure. I was depressed by the jumble of junk, the detritus of a lonely life (I knew the former owner of the "estate"). But he found some small old perfume bottles, and I have a friend who collects them, and we bought 5. Someone at the sale told me Google Lens would identify them and tell me what they were worth. Their identification seemed very specific (my friend will know how accurate). And according to the app, we got abotu $200 worth of collectibles for $35.
Fabulous! I'm betting your grandson felt pretty happy with that finding of treasure!
Yes, I'm afraid I may have started something...
And according to my friend, google was pretty accurate.
Sounds like you had fun asking AI to identify various things -- with disappointing results. And I love that you made that sculpture and presented it to the chef. Unless he or she (or they) is humorless, I'm sure they got a big kick out of it. Personally I would share your revulsion elicited by a lump of mochi.
Well what I ordered was not mochi -- it was just meant to be rice accompanying the other things -- as a fan of Japanese cuisine, I would love to try true mochi. I'm sure with the wonderful sauces & other ingredients added on top it would be delectable. Let's go!