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Generative AI is brittle, though most people dont realize this crucial revelation. An example can be seen in the recent incident of a gibberish meltdown of ChatGPT.

Why COBOL isn’t the problem November 13, 2020 5 Comments This article is the first part of a two-part series on dealing with technical debt. The second part is here. Our modern world runs on an enormous amount of technology. A lot of it is older than people realize. This technology is mostly invisible when it is working, but when it isn’t it can cause real problems. When it fails, it is only natural for people to ask questions and try to understand why things went wrong. Even in a best-case...