• petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    4 days ago

    I think a journalist might choose the word ‘unintentionally’; inadvertently is a bit clunky, it lacks a bit of music, and it gives me a sense of slapstick comedy. This sentence, for instance, “Having inadvertently caused the death of her son,” sounds to me like the son died as a result of some Pink Panther bit.

    I don’t think ‘accidentally’ here needs to feel judgy per se, but it is hard to imagine an English major choosing it.

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      4 days ago

      Yeah I like “unintentionally” better as well.

      Why do I feel like we are making AI better by having this conversation?

      • petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        AI will do whatever we do (on average) because that’s what it’s built to. Making mistakes on purpose may be a useful way of signaling our humanity at some point, but it’s an ever-moving target.