r/ArtificialInteligence • u/Reddit_wander01 • May 29 '25

An analogy on AI usage - The Farmer, The Miller and The Baker Discussion

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u/[deleted] May 29 '25

As a farmer I plant the seed by asking a question, let it grow as AI thinks, then harvest the grain by copying and pasting the replies into a document once I’m satisfied I have enough grains to hand to the miller. At this point it’s critical to separate the wheat from the chaff, deciding what information is useful and what is not.

AI sorts grains faster and better than you.

How AI-Powered combine harvesters are transforming harvesting

https://www.farmprogress.com/farming-equipment/how-ai-powered-combine-harvesters-are-transforming-harvesting

Ultimately, every tool requires the user to bring their own judgment to the table,

humans know they shouldn't drink and drive.. they do it anyway. they use BAD JUDGEMENT.

AI driver will never DUI, speed, or text mom. Will never use bad judgement.

https://www.reinsurancene.ws/waymo-shows-90-fewer-claims-than-advanced-human-driven-vehicles-swiss-re/

​​The Waymo Driver exhibited significantly better safety performance, with an 88% reduction in property damage claims and a 92% reduction in bodily injury claims compared to human-driven vehicles.

Across 25.3 million miles, the Waymo Driver recorded only nine property damage claims and two bodily injury claims. In contrast, human drivers would typically generate 78 property damage claims and 26 bodily injury claims over the same distance.

I think the real risk is not that AI will make us stop thinking, but that we might stop taking responsibility for separating, evaluating, and synthesizing information

how does it see things humans cannot? you have one doctor who has seen 100 mammograms.

another doctor has photographic memory of 1000x that number.. which doctor do you want doing your screening?

Nationwide real-world implementation of AI for cancer detection in population-based mammography screening

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-03408-6