just spent 5h undoing a conceptual mess: an AI-generated essay with subtly incorrect references (some don't exist at all) that had been subtly mis-"read" by the AI system.

this is further evidence that when using AI systems to do work, humans need to be clear about what the meaning-making part of the work is, and be vigilant about keeping ownership of that part: https://uncertaintymindset.substack.com/p/ai-meaningmaking

been thinking a lot about vigilance vs hypervigilance

many cases like @vt ’s

very willing to pay attention aka due diligence / unwilling to have neurotic levels of vigilance 



also just 🐇 🕳️ myself on vigilance/diligence

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 * Vigilance:
   * It comes from the Latin word vigilantia, meaning "watchfulness" or "alertness".
   * This derives from the Latin vigil, which means "watchful" or "awake".
  
 * Diligence:
   * It comes from the Latin word diligentia, meaning "attentiveness" or "carefulness".
   * This derives from diligens ("attentive, assiduous, careful"), the present participle of the verb diligere.
   * Diligere originally meant "to single out, select, choose" and came to mean "to value highly, esteem, prize, love". It is formed from dis- ("apart") + legere ("to choose, gather").

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yes! even neurotic hypervigilance won’t catch all hallucinations 

our future is brandolini all the way down

<3 this framing: being willing to invest the effort in making the meaning of a thing right is an instantiation of both care and awareness

the problem may also be that effort itself is inadequate when the person doesn't know enough to detect misinterpretation or hallucination (especially when very subtle — one might even said insidious)