Astronomy and AI – Monday 30th of October 2023

Astronomy and AI – Monday 30th of October 2023

When I asked Bard (Google’s Bard) about Bitcoin, he could only answer my question based upon the information already provided to the Bard system (and that which is readily available on internet). Therefore, if there is information that hasn’t been provided, the Bard response won’t be accurate.

An example in Astronomy would be the existence of several asteroids in Earth’s vicinity, yet the AI is only aware of a single asteroid. It’s understanding of what an asteroid is, is based solely on our perception and interpretation of such also. So when it’s asked for a simulation, it will be lacking and inaccurate.

Because it’s a computer generated data, it can cause us to believe that it must be accurate. But the AI computer can’t say, “hey you left out the other asteroids”. It’s important to keep in mind that what comes out of an AI is totally reliant of what went into it when using them for simulations and stock markets for instance.

An AI can look at a cryptocurrency chart of activity and predict based on that chart but does the AI know everything that’s in people’s intentions, does it know all data? It doesn’t know secrets or crimes, it only knows what isn’t secret. So, if you tell AI that you’re the fairest in the land, when you ask it who is the fairest in the land, it will tell you “you are”.

Fiona MacLeod (C)