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The "confident idiot" problem: Why AI needs hard rules, not vibe checks

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323 points steerlabs | 1 comments | 04 Dec 25 20:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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jqpabc123 ◴[04 Dec 25 21:38 UTC] No.46153440[source]▶
We are trying to fix probability with more probability. That is a losing game.

Thanks for pointing out the elephant in the room with LLMs.

The basic design is non-deterministic. Trying to extract "facts" or "truth" or "accuracy" is an exercise in futility.

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Davidzheng ◴[08 Dec 25 13:02 UTC] No.46191721[source]▶
lol humans are non-deterministic too
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rthrfrd ◴[08 Dec 25 13:23 UTC] No.46191926[source]▶
But we also have a stake in our society, in the form of a reputation or accountability, that greatly influences our behaviour. So comparing us to an LLM has always been meaningless anyway.
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actionfromafar ◴[08 Dec 25 14:04 UTC] No.46192331[source]▶
Hm, great lumps of money also detaches a person from reputation or accountability.
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1. rthrfrd ◴[08 Dec 25 14:50 UTC] No.46192838[source]▶
Does it? I think it detaches them from _some_ of the consequences of devaluing their reputation or accountability, which is not quite the same thing.