AI LLMs Show Off Their Expertise

Sometimes the AI LLMs show off their expertise in spectacular fashion.

On the Origin of Dr. Who

In the UK, there’s a science fiction TV series called Doctor Who. It takes the concept of ‘science’ very loosely, indeed as it also takes set design, plotting, plausibility, and more or less everything else. It does, however, have its aficionados who love it to some degree because of its cheesiness.

This commentary about Doctor Who showed up on BlueSky. It is alleged to be a screen capture originating with @stevewriteswords.bsky.social, though I have been unable to verify that. So keep in mind that it might be fake; but given the mind-numbing wooden-headedness of AI LLMs, I think it’s probably real.

It says (emphasis added):

The first known TV series with episodes is the original Doctor Who, which began airing in 1608 on the BBC. This series, created by William Shakespeare, was a hit due to limited entertainment options at the time.

A TV series on the BBC… in 1608… created by William Shakespeare.

And people want to trust their code, their security, their finances, their medical care, their taxes, and everything else to machines stupid enough to say this?

More like, as one wag recently said, AI LLMs are like pouring asbestos into the walls of our intellectual infrastructure, for which we will spend generations digging back out and disposing of it safely!

Remember how bad an idea asbestos turned out to be?

The Weekend Conclusion

Intellectual asbestos, I say. Asbestos!

(Ceterum censeo, Trump incarcerandam esse.)

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Notes & References

Nope.