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by ben_w 874 days ago
I recognise the point, but also

> - drinking glass that is 99% hole-free

This describes my travel flask when the screw cap is on and the slot in the cap is open; most of my drinking glasses have (and need) a much bigger hole-to-surface ratio to get the fluid in and for me to drink from.

More relevantly for the output of an AI: in cases where testing is easy, a system which has a 99% chance of a producing a saleable drinking glass and just discards the other 1% to recycling isn't unreasonable… provided you can be sufficiently confident about the test.

For AI, the quality of the automated tests of the output is a very solid "it depends on what you're doing".