Stefan, Yes, without references, such systems are at best unmaintanable, and worthless once the initial developer leaves.
In the old days of IBM cards, the last 8 columns weren't processed - being left to indicate where the card came from. "Modern" systems have dispensed with such necessities. Steve Richfield On Fri, May 10, 2019, 12:43 PM Stefan Reich via AGI <[email protected]> wrote: > "An AI system should be able to explain which rules were used in making a > decision - and who made those rules." > > On Fri, May 10, 2019, 21:39 Steve Richfield <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I just watched a lengthy panel discussion about applying AI in the >> criminal justice system, e.g. whether to release people who have been >> arrested. While this is high impact, the problems they encounter are >> typical of nearly all AI applications. >> >> Whether deciding who to arrest, who to release, what stock to invest in, >> whose face it is, etc., there seems to be some really basic criteria to >> applying the "I" in AI. These systems do NOT meet the basic criteria of >> being able to show that they are not discriminatory, colluding, stealing, >> etc. This sets their users up to lose lawsuits, and imperils the public. >> >> ANY system that can't explain it's output is a STATISTICAL system that is >> NOT AI. >> >> We could probably develop and adopt a one-paragraph standard that works >> for everyone here - and in the process put us on the map. >> >> Anyone here interested? >> >> Steve >> >> *Artificial General Intelligence List <https://agi.topicbox.com/latest>* > / AGI / see discussions <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi> + > participants <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/members> + delivery > options <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription> Permalink > <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/Tc031666044462b42-M20fc6b3b9b994f7ab6a421ab> > ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/Tc031666044462b42-M910505b175818cea3a18ce8d Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
