Why "Wrong" Thinking Leads to Massive Breakthroughs | Marcus Hantla

If you take a step back and look at really what is going on with AI and extrapolate it out 5, 10, 15 years, you know, where will we be? I think we'll have a lot more consensus on where things stand, but is that actually going to be good for humanity? Sometimes we make mistakes which lead to the greatest discoveries. A human thinking about something the wrong way can actually leapfrog us forward as a society better than everybody agreeing on what the truth is and not challenging it. Obvious example is penicillin. Why in the world would you inject mold into your vein, you crazy person? You're already sick and dying. You've got a massive infection. Nobody would do that in their right mind, including the scientists who are studying better ways to come up with new antibiotics. However, one of the greatest discoveries of mankind was directly a result of that very thing happening. What you are prompting AI to do is highly determinant on the results you will be given back. It is reflecting you.