Comment by fartfeatures
16 hours ago
Sure and lots of times I can walk places. That doesn't mean bikes, cars, trains and planes aren't incredibly useful. They let me achieve things I can't in other ways for example transporting cargo without a team of people to help me. Just like AI coding.
Yet replacing walking with cars is often cited as one of the reasons for many of society's ills.
Yet no one seriously declares motor vehicles as useless.
Maybe your analogy holds if driving and walking took the same amount of time.
Plus "planning, implementing, validating, and reviewing" would be a bit like walking anyway in your analogy.
Would you still use your car if you ended up in the wrong destination half the time?
Yes, because I can drive to the other end of the state in an afternoon. Then if I get lost, I can just course correct.
Generating lots of pollution, cost, jams, noise and accidents globally. Not all cities need to be made for cars, right tool for the job etc.
Have fun getting stuck in a loop when it insists your destination exists in a place it doesn't.
Would you use your car if you ended up in the right destination 100% - epsilon of the time? Yes, you would.
Or do you suppose this is the best AI will ever get?