Comment by mossTechnician
3 days ago
It's interesting that companies don't provide concrete definitions or examples of what their AI guardrails are. IBM's definition suggests to me they see it as imperative to continue moving fast (and breaking things) no matter what:
Think of AI guardrails like the barriers along a highway: they don’t slow the car down, but they do help keep it from veering off course.
I think you’re absolutely right. These companies know full well that their “guardrails” are ineffective but they just don’t care because they’ve sunk so much money into AI that they are desperate to pretend that everything’s fine and their investments were worthwhile.
I was on a call with Microsoft the other day when (after being pushed) they said they had guardrails in place “to block prompt injection” and linked to an article which said “_help_ block prompt injection”. The careful wording is deliberate I’m sure.