If you haven’t seen “The Expert” before, I recommend it as a warmup for this post:
Not really related to your post itself, but I kinda felt like the Expert could have tried being a little more creative. Most obviously: when he was told to draw a red line using transparent ink. First, you draw a line using red ink, then you draw on top of it using transparent ink. A red line with transparent ink, just as the customer wanted!
Kinda? I feel like, if someone is asking for seven mutually perpendicular red lines drawn drawn using green and transparent ink, then drawing them a line using red ink and then drawing on top of that using transparent ink is… well, in terms of standard AI analogies, it’s the sort of thing an unfriendly genie does to technically satisfy the wording of a wish without giving you what you want.
Not really related to your post itself, but I kinda felt like the Expert could have tried being a little more creative. Most obviously: when he was told to draw a red line using transparent ink. First, you draw a line using red ink, then you draw on top of it using transparent ink. A red line with transparent ink, just as the customer wanted!
Kinda? I feel like, if someone is asking for seven mutually perpendicular red lines drawn drawn using green and transparent ink, then drawing them a line using red ink and then drawing on top of that using transparent ink is… well, in terms of standard AI analogies, it’s the sort of thing an unfriendly genie does to technically satisfy the wording of a wish without giving you what you want.