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Janelle Shane on the Weirdness of AI

2021/5/25
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Janelle Shane: 本人创建的AI Weirdness博客旨在通过幽默的方式展现机器学习算法的局限性。博客涵盖了各种实验，例如使用文本生成神经网络生成搭讪语，以及对图像识别算法进行对抗性测试等。这些实验揭示了AI算法在处理非预期输入或超出其舒适区的情况下的局限性，以及算法出错的滑稽或令人不安之处。算法生成的文本或图像虽然在表面上模仿了人类语言或图像的结构和节奏，但却缺乏更深层次的含义和情感。此外，博客还探讨了AI算法在实际应用中，例如自动驾驶汽车，也存在处理边缘情况的问题，这可能会导致严重后果。 在撰写《你看起来像个东西，我爱你》一书的过程中，本人对AI的理解得到了深化，特别是对AI中的人为因素和对劳工的影响有了新的认识。本书旨在以一种有趣且易于理解的方式，向大众解释AI的工作原理及其局限性，并帮助人们更好地理解AI。书中总结了AI怪异的五个原则：1. AI不够聪明；2. AI的智力水平相当于虫子；3. AI无法真正理解要解决的问题；4. AI会严格按照指令执行；5. AI会选择阻力最小的路径。这些原则概括了AI为什么会产生奇怪的结果，以及如何在实际应用中避免这些问题。 本人认为，公众对AI的认知存在误区，认为AI应该非常聪明，而实际上AI在超出其舒适区时表现会很奇怪。通过博客和书籍，希望能够帮助人们更好地理解AI的局限性和实际能力，避免对AI抱有不切实际的期望。 Andrey Krenkov: 通过与Janelle Shane的对话，我对AI的理解更加深入。Janelle Shane 的工作揭示了AI的局限性，即AI并非像人类智能那样聪明，而是具有自身独特的特性。AI在处理预期情况时表现良好，但在处理异常情况时则会暴露出其能力的局限性。此外，公众对AI的认知与实际情况存在偏差，部分原因是媒体宣传和营销炒作。许多公司将自身品牌与AI关联起来以吸引投资者，但实际上AI的运作可能依赖于人工操作。

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Janelle Shane describes AIweirdness.com as a machine learning humor blog where she explores the limitations and breakdowns of algorithms, especially when the inputs are unusual.

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An interview with Janelle Shane, the creator of aiweirdness.com) and author of 'You Look Like a Thing and I Love You: How AI Works and Why It’s Making the World a Weirder Place)'.

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Janelle Shane works as a research scientist in Colorado, where she makes computer-controlled holograms for studying the brain, and other light-steering devices. She is also a self-described A. I. Humorist - on aiweirdness.com), she writes about AI and the sometimes hilarious, sometimes unsettling ways that algorithms get things wrong. Her work has also been featured in the New York Times, The Atlantic, WIRED, Popular Science, and more, AND she has also given the TED talk “The danger of AI is weirder than you think” in 2019.

Her book, “You Look Like a Thing and I Love You: How AI Works and Why It’s Making the World a Weirder Place)” uses cartoons and humorous pop-culture experiments to look inside the minds of the algorithms that run our world, making artificial intelligence and machine learning both accessible and entertaining.

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