Merryn Somerset Webb
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And you talk about that as well in terms of productivity and that we get a productivity revolution up front while undermining the foundations of that productivity enhancement.
So it can't continue indefinitely unless it's used in a different way.
And then even worse, you get this confident trap that you talk about as well.
I was really struck for which read absolutely horrified by a study you talk about from last year in the Lancet, which tracked endoscopists.
How do you say that word?
Endoscopists.
Endoscopists.
Words I can't even say.
Look, here we are.
I'm destroyed by AI already.
Anyway, they...
went through periods of working with AI when they hadn't been working with AI and the results were appalling.
Even when they were experienced and should know.
We've seen this happen.
These studies in the medical industry are really interesting, but we've seen this happen in real life in the legal industry, haven't we?
We've seen lawyers actually on several occasions.
In fact, we've had examples of this in Scotland where I live.
seen lawyers actually relying on AI and producing false stuff, false quotes, false cases, false precedents.
Yeah.
So we could end up in a position where most people do not have the foundational knowledge required to spot errors or to really see what is right and what is wrong.