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What is Generative AI? What does this mean on Mayo Clinic Connect? Sep 2 6:28pm | By Colleen Young, Connect Director (@colleenyoung)Comment receiving replies
At this point, AI should be treated with the same skepticism as we treat GPS and Google Maps, especially as we sometimes haplessly learned about 20 years ago. Some people lost literally everything, even their lives, relying on tech like GPS and driving assistance.
My own position is that AI is still an infant learning how to walk and to talk. This means I have to keep an eye on it all the time. Full time supervision, full time teaching, full time correction.
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My son, who just returned to the states after 5 years abroad, applied to a temp financial position on the recommendation of a friend. The initial interview was conducted by AI. My son felt shocked and defeated the next day to receive an email informing him he’d not advanced to the next level as he believed he was well qualified. When his friend looked into the reason, it turned out AI labeled my son as “fraud”! PS Human override awarded him
the job.
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Along these lines, when I hear that companies have turned their software development over to AI, that's like handing a 9-year-old the car keys, a bottle of bourbon, all the credit cards, and a loaded machine gun and saying, "Go make us proud, son."