“I want it to be called digital assistance rather than artificial intelligence, like a digital assistant that has access to help in the decision-making process,” he added.
Artificial intelligence requires a lot of energy. Photo: Reuters
The new director Artificial Intelligence (AI) from NASA, David SalvagniniHe warned this Wednesday The results provided by this technology should be approached with a critical approach. Because there may be “errors of omission” affecting your answers.
“There are times when it produces a false response that is obvious and easy to detect. I would worry more about missing errors. What happens when you give an answer, but there’s a huge amount of data that you don’t address?” he asked at a forum at his company in Washington about the technology.
Construction of the Voyager 1 space probe (1976). Photo: NASA.
Salvagnini therefore insisted on a detailed analysis elements that led to those responses.
“Do we understand the origin of that data? Do we trust its accuracy? Because if the answer to those questions is no, “Our faith in the effects of AI must be rejected or reduced,” he said.
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Salvagnini was named NASA’s first AI director on May 13 Aligning the strategic vision and planning for the use of this technology in the US space agency.
The new position responded to the executive order of the administration Joe Biden In October 2023, the development and safe use of AI, it stressed all federal agencies. Create the said position.
“AI is not responsible for these decisions, people. We need to be aware of our responsibilities. “I want it to be called digital assistance rather than artificial intelligence, it’s like a digital assistant getting access to help in the decision-making process.” Salvagnini concluded.
