Big tech wants generative AI systems to seem like neutral, reliable tools – but the reality is far more complicated.
Last year I attended a panel on generative AI in education. In a memorable moment, one presenter asked: “What’s the big deal? Generative AI is like a calculator. It’s just a tool.”
1. Calculators do not hallucinate or persuade Calculators compute functions from clearly defined inputs. You punch in 888 ÷ 8 and get one correct answer: 111.They do not add add fake or unwanted elements to the answer. They do not fabricate legal cases or tell people to “please die”. Calculators didn’t require vast new power plants to be built, or compete with humans for water as AI data centres are doing in some of the driest parts of the world.
4. Calculators do not have social and linguistic bias Calculators do not reproduce the hierarchies of human language and culture. Generative AI, however, is trained on data that reflects centuries of unequal power relations, and its outputs mirror those inequities. 5. Calculators are not ‘everything machines’ Unlike calculators, language models don’t operate within a narrow domain such as mathematics. Instead they have the potential to entangle themselves in everything: perception, cognition, affect and interaction.
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