Re: [AFMUG] OT AI

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 18:22:49 -0800

They still had the range system on for docking.  It was sending a stream of meaningless distance info.  One of the guys knew exactly what was happening and told them to ignore and prodeed.
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On Nov 4, 2025, at 1:03 PM, Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote:



Don't forget the incident on the first moon landing where the computer was overwhelmed with data coming in faster than they simulated in the earth-based tests. I forget what the error was, but they made the decision to ignore the error.


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On 11/4/2025 11:29 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote:

https://www1.udel.edu/CIS/106h/16F/resources/theyWriteTheRightStuffNasa.html

 

I forget where, maybe a software class or something, but I was told NASA wrote the closest to error free code anywhere.  Because it had to be.  And that one of the techniques was not to fix every bug, because there was such a thing as a bugs created per bugs fixed ratio.  If a minor bug was fully understood and documented, it might be better to live with it, rather than risk creating a new bug.

 

From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Josh Luthman
Sent: Tuesday, November 4, 2025 1:12 PM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT AI

 

Let's stop using the buzzword AI and just use computer or system.

What's the accuracy of traffic lights?  Are you concerned about that system?

 

On Tue, Nov 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote:

How many 9s of reliability are you willing to accept?

99%? That means 1 out of 100.

99.9%? That means 1 out of 1000.

99.99%? That means 1 out of 10,000.

AI is mostly operating in the 50-60% reliability range, which means it's more-or-less a coin toss.

 

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On 11/4/2025 10:35 AM, Josh Luthman wrote:

It's exactly this short sighted mind set that prevents anything from moving forward.

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