5. Be aware of the abundance of bullshit and snake oil
The AI industry and tech companies in general do not have much historical credibility. Their response to criticism is always: “we’ve been wrong in the past; mistakes were made; but this time it’s different!”
But it’s never different.
Summary
AI research is poor. Many of their claims will be proven wrong. AI software vendors have financial incentive to exaggerate the capabilities of their tools and make them hard to disprove. This undermines attempts at scientific rigour. Many of AI’s promises are snake oil.
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