Comment by lucianbr
7 days ago
> Those sentences aren't compatible.
My web browser isn't perfect, but it does not hallucinate inexistent webpages. It sometimes crashes, it sometimes renders wrong, it has bugs and errors. It does not invent plausible-looking information.
There really is a lot middle gound between perfect and "accept anything we give you, no matter how huge the problems".
> It does not invent plausible-looking information.
This is where your analogy is falling apart; of course web browsers do not "invent plausible-looking information" because they don't invent anything in the first place! Web browsers represent a distinct set of capabilities, and as you correctly pointed out, these are often riddled with bugs and errors. If I was making a browser analogy, I would point towards fingerprinting; most browsers reveal too much information about any given user and system, either via cross-site cookies, GPU prints, and whatnot. This is an actual example where "ethics flew out the window long ago."
As the adjacent commenter pointed out: different software, different failure modes.
Different tech, different failure modes.
> it sometimes renders wrong
Is close to equivalent.