Josh Brake

@joshbrake.com

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I write about technology, education, and human flourishing all through the lens of a prototyping mindset. | Husband, Dad, Engineering Prof. at Harvey Mudd, Coffee roaster, Pizzaiolo Substack → joshbrake.substack.com Website → joshbrake.com

“Don't Try to Get Answers From a Stochastic Parrot”

From major search engine companies providing “AI overviews” and chatbot interfaces, to the promise of “AI tutors,” to municipalities and organizations providing chatbots as interfaces to rules and regulations, it seems like large language model-driven chatbots are the future of information access. However, Bender argues that this technology does not fit the task: Not only is it unreliable, even if it was reliable, it can't support the sense making that is integral to information literacy.