AXIOS March 23, 2023
There’s no question that today’s generative AI tools are impressive, but it’s also clear that the technology is much better at some tasks than others.
Why it matters: Generative AI is being pitched as the solution for everything from boosting productivity to replacing an aging population of workers to making search results more effective. So far, though, it’s best when there’s less on the line.
Today’s Generative AI isn’t 100 percent accurate — and it’s prone to confidently asserting fiction as fact. So in many ways it’s better suited for tasks where there isn’t one right answer than for many of the fact-based uses where it’s being applied, like search.
- As Benedict Evans put it in a tweet earlier...