Inner workings of AI an enigma - even to its creators

Harnessing the inner workings of gen AI minds could clear the way for its adoption in areas where tiny errors can have dramatic consequences, like national security, Amodei said. — Pixabay

NEW YORK: Even the greatest human minds building generative artificial intelligence that is poised to change the world admit they do not comprehend how digital minds think.

"People outside the field are often surprised and alarmed to learn that we do not understand how our own AI creations work," Anthropic co-founder Dario Amodei wrote in an essay posted online in April.