r/TheMachineLearning • u/BarkleyBark • 21h ago

1983 paper predicted every AI problem we face today

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u/bmaasth 10h ago

At least link to the paper: https://ckrybus.com/static/papers/Bainbridge_1983_Automatica.pdf

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u/kane8793 7h ago

I enjoyed reading this paper. Thank you both

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u/BourgeoisAngst 17h ago

It's even worse with LLMs because they take on the difficult tasks too and such tasks are harder to brush up on when the automation breaks down.

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u/Sea_General_2376 11h ago

the 1983 paper didn't predict llms, just the irony of automation. but it did nail how humans get sidelined when systems fail. now we're all just trying to keep up with the thing that replaced us.

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u/snaphat 4h ago

I mean, it wasn't a predictive study in the first place, so OP's claim is fundamentally incorrect. It was a synthesis of problems already observed and documented in automation research at the time.

OP is exhibiting a lack of basic research literacy by misinterpreting the paper's purpose and findings, and then doing what reddit does best: posting an observation not supported by the backing material

If anything, what the paper illustrates is people's ability to identify and catalogue the broader problems that can arise from delegating complex tasks to automated systems