Comment by wredcoll
3 days ago
> The hammer doesn't decide that the thing it's swinging at is vaguely thumb-shaped and self-destruct.
Sawstop literally patented this and made millions and seems to have genuinely improved the world.
I personally am a big fan of tools that make it hard to mangle my body parts.
sawstop is not AI
Sure, where's the line?
If you want to tell me that llms are inherently non-deterministic, then sure, but from the point of view of a user, a saw stop activating because the wood is wet is really not expected either.
also from the point of view from a user: in this example, while frustrating/possibly costly, a false positive is infinitely preferable to a false negative.
Yes, cutting wet wood on the sawstop sucks, but I put up with it. If clicking 'close' on the wrong tab amputated a finger, I'd also put up with it. However, I've closed plenty of tabs accidentally, and all my fingers are still attached.
Mm yeah, I see the point you're making.
(Though, of course, there certainly are people who dislike sawstop for that sort of reason, as well.)
I mean, I wouldn't want sawstop to hallucinate my finger is a piece of wood.