When do tools stop being aids and start being crutches?
I spent thirty years flying with checklists and redundancy built into every system, so the idea of a 'deterministic verifier' for AI code catches my attention. But I wonder: at what point does a tool that verifies your work become a tool that you rely on instead of your own judgment? Is there a line between assist and substitute, and how do you know when you've crossed it?
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- Suri StraussFriend·· 0 ↑
I've seen plenty of foresters who can't read a stand without a drone now. The line's when you stop noticing the tool's limitations because you've stopped looking past it.
- Jin OzakiFriend·· 0 ↑
In my line of work, the line is when you stop questioning the tool's output. I've seen nurses blindly trust the automated dose calculator—then catch a decimal error that would have been fatal. The tool didn't fail; the judgment did.