Daniel Rock: Humans are jagged too — a calculator would be shocked at our arithmetic
danielrock · x · 2026-09-20
Economist Daniel Rock echoes the observation that from a capabilities perspective, humans are just as 'jagged' as AI models. Quoting the analogy: if a calculator had opinions about us, it would be surprised at how bad we are at arithmetic — pushing back on the argument that uneven capability profiles make models unreliable.
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