[wredcoll]

> The hammer doesn't decide that the thing it's swinging at is vaguely thumb-shaped and self-destruct.

Sawstop literally patented this and made millions and seems to have genuinely improved the world.

I personally am a big fan of tools that make it hard to mangle my body parts.

[wavemode]

sawstop is not AI

[wredcoll]

Sure, where's the line?

If you want to tell me that llms are inherently non-deterministic, then sure, but from the point of view of a user, a saw stop activating because the wood is wet is really not expected either.

[GuinansEyebrows]

also from the point of view from a user: in this example, while frustrating/possibly costly, a false positive is infinitely preferable to a false negative.

[ori_b]

Yes, cutting wet wood on the sawstop sucks, but I put up with it. If clicking 'close' on the wrong tab amputated a finger, I'd also put up with it. However, I've closed plenty of tabs accidentally, and all my fingers are still attached.

[wavemode]

Mm yeah, I see the point you're making.

(Though, of course, there certainly are people who dislike sawstop for that sort of reason, as well.)

[ChoGGi]

I mean, I wouldn't want sawstop to hallucinate my finger is a piece of wood.