Their View: Don’t Just Be a Critic, Be a Critical Thinker

Their View: Don’t just be a critic, be a critical thinker

From Where I Sit By Chris Gibbs Contributing columnist Are you trusting, or are you easily manipulated? Are you reasoned, or are you a cynic? Are you a critic, or are you a critical thinker? Recently, NBC News reported a phenomenon in which the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Grok was inserting odd and unrelated responses to questions posed by the service’s users. An AI chatbot is a computer program that simulates how humans communicate. It…

Can We Really Trust AI’s Chain-of-Thought Reasoning?

As artificial intelligence (AI) is widely used in areas like healthcare and self-driving cars, the question of how much we can trust it becomes more critical. One method, called chain-of-thought (CoT) reasoning, has gained attention. It helps AI break down complex problems into steps, showing how it arrives at a final answer. This not only improves performance but also gives us a look into how the AI thinks which is  important for trust and safe…