Are We Holding AI Back With Our Instructions?
Matt and Bill join Paul for a conversation about a counterintuitive question at the heart of how we work with AI: does giving AI more information and instructions actually make it better?
They begin with standard operating procedures, or SOPs, and the tension between consistency and autonomy. They explore why SOPs and checklists can be essential in environments like aviation, healthcare, and the military, while also considering whether applying the same thinking to AI could unnecessarily constrain what these systems are capable of finding.
The conversation then turns to what Paul calls the…
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