The Essential Human in the AI Loop
AI is now part of our everyday lives, from our homes to our workplaces, and even our healthcare facilities. But how useful and reliable are AI outputs for writers and editors? To quote author Debbie Emmitt , why is ‘ …the value of human editors... at risk of getting lost in the noise ’? And how can human intelligence enhance the technology? Illustration: James Hutchinson + AI How Does AI Work? According to Google's AI Overview, ' AI works by using computer systems to simulate human-like cognitive functions '. According to IBM , however, that's rather misleading. The article What is an AI model? states that ' ...an AI model is defined by its ability to autonomously make decisions or predictions, rather than simulate human intelligence ’. AI models make predictions based on algorithms. The large language models (LLMs) that generate text are trained on extremely large datasets, and they learn statistical patterns in order to predict the next word in a sentence. Inhere...