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1. Adrian Cochrane (alcinnz@floss.social)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Jan-2023 05:18:28 JST Adrian Cochrane

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   • Scott, Drowning in Information

   @vortex_egg I was listening to a science podcast once, and in this episode a "data scientist" poopoo'd arguments about needing to understand the answers the computer gives us. Doesn't sound very scientific to me!

   • Scott, Drowning in Information (vortex_egg@ioc.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Jan-2023 05:18:29 JST Scott, Drowning in Information

     This is a great summary of one of the issues at stake with AI and dataism:

     “ChatGPT continues this trend. It offers further evidence of the rise of what is, in effect, a post-rational, post-scientific world view: a belief that if you gather enough data and have enough computing power, you can “create” authoritative knowledge.”

     https://mastodon.social/@bhaggart/109739895287073768