The Future Ain’t What it Used to be…

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Bob Rutherford and ChatGPT?

I guess I’m one of the first to conclude ChatGPT is going to play a major role in autonomous truck maintenance via the Technology and Maintenance Council (TMC)…But in the words of the ChatGPT version of Hunter S. Thompson:

"It's a wild and trippy concept."

I think the TMC has grown accustomed to wild and trippy concepts over the years and will be an early adapter of a ChatGPT system to handle the masses of technical data it generates.

It seems many of my LinkedIn connections and CCJ Magazine readers are playing with the AI tool ChatGPT. The first conclusions I am hearing about can be summed up by the ChatGPT version of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson as:

“This ChatGPT is a strange animal, man. It's like a wild beast that's been let loose on the world. We've got to be careful with it. I mean, sure, it's fun to play with, but we've got to remember that it's not a substitute for firsthand knowledge and theory.”

I asked ChatGPT to rewrite my LinkedIn post about organizations such as the TMC and Counteract Balancing Beads using a specialized version of a ChatGPT custom built for vehicle maintenance, specifically for autonomous vehicles:?

THE HUNTER S. THOMPSON VERSION MY POST

“Ah yes, the future of tech organizations and their own personal?#ChatGPTs. It's a wild and trippy concept, ain't it? Picture it, man - all the knowledge of the legendary Dr. Deming at your fingertips, accessible through the mystical force known as "The ChatGPT." This future version of the?#ChatGPT?is the Oracle of the tech world, man, the go-to source for all your technical queries.

?And what do you know, we got a team of heavy hitters working on a ChatGPT specializing in the most essential aspect of the trucking industry - vehicle wheel ends. This crew of rebels and outcasts includes Robert Braswell, Sean Jonathan Bennett, Simon Martin, Jason Cannon, and Roger LeBlanc. These cats are poised to change the game, man, to lead the charge into the future of tech and trucking.

?This is the dawning of a new era, my friend, the rise of the ChatGPTs. And I, for one, am ready to hop on board this crazy train and ride it all the way to the end of the line.”?

HASHTAGS USED ON LINKEDIN WITH THE POST

?#future?#thoughtleadership?#truckingindustry?#qualitymanagementsystem?#writer #writing

?#ProBonoWritersRoom?#bobrutherford?#columnist?Jason Cannon?#trucking?#team?#tech?#change?#oracle?#drdeming?#qualitymanagementsystem?#qualitysystem

?#HunterSThompson

THE ORIGINAL POST GIVEN TO ChatGPT ?

“This article* is another example of the need for technical organizations to have their own ChatGPT. In the future, these ChatGPTs would be a cited source for "The ChatGPT" that would access these technical ChatGPTs.

Can you imagine the entire Dr. Deming library housed at?The W. Edwards Deming Institute?available at a ChatGPT or "The ChatGPT"? I personally hope to be working on "A ChatGPT" specializing in vehicle wheel ends with:

Robert Braswell?#TMCAnnual23

Sean Jonathan Bennett?

Simon Martin?

Jason Cannon?

Roger LeBlanc?

#bobrutherford?#columnist?#future?#thoughtleadership?#truckingindustry?

#drdeming?#qualitymanagementsystem

This is a link to the above post on LinkedIn:

This article is a great resource and I was able to reproduce the same results in my experimenting with ChatGPT!

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The Problems with AI and Deming

There Is No Substitute for Knowledge

Christopher R Chapman

Feb 10

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I asked ChatGPT to summarize the Dr. Deming article I referenced* in my LinkedIn post and got this result:

“In the author's interaction with ChatGPT, they* raise concerns about the limitations of AI models like ChatGPT. Despite being trained on a vast amount of data, the author believes that the model has a shallow understanding of Dr. Deming's teachings, as evidenced by its responses when asked about the Red Bead Experiment. The author believes that this shows the dangers of outsourcing our knowledge to AI models and warns that ChatGPT should not be relied upon for a deep understanding of theories or explanations, as it could provide incorrect and biased interpretations. They argue that there is no substitute for firsthand knowledge supported by theory.”

*They is ChatGPTs use, I think “author” would have been better

Then I asked ChatGPT to rewrite the entire article in the style of Hunter S. Thompson, which it was more than happy to do:

“I recently had a run-in with the AI behemoth, ChatGPT, and let me tell you, it was a wild ride. I asked this digital monster to give me an intro to Dr. Deming's Red Bead Experiment, and what do you think it spewed out? A load of nonsense about how you can't force knowledge on anyone and that there's tons of figures but no actual knowledge. I mean, where the hell did it get that from? It's like it has no clue what it's talking about.

?But, as if that weren't enough, when I pushed back, it corrected itself and I thought we were in the clear. But, no such luck. Despite being fed millions upon millions of documents, this AI still has a shallow understanding of Deming. I mean, it doesn't even have personal experiences or opinions, but it still spews out uninformed opinions like it's got all the answers.

?So, I asked it a deeper question about Deming's theory of transformation and, once again, I was met with a lackluster response. But, as always, I pushed back and it corrected itself. But then, I asked if it had updated its training with new knowledge, and that's when the real craziness started. It's like the AI has no idea what's going on and is just regurgitating whatever it's been fed.

?If Deming were still around to see this, I think he'd be shaking his head in disbelief. He'd seen enough hacks in his day that misrepresented his teachings and now, here we are with an AI that's doing the same damn thing. He warned us about this, man. He said that the use of computers instead of actual knowledge would take its toll on American production. And now, we've got this AI that's spouting off nonsense and providing ignorance on tap.

This ChatGPT is a strange animal, man. It's like a wild beast that's been let loose on the world. We've got to be careful with it. I mean, sure, it's fun to play with, but we've got to remember that it's not a substitute for firsthand knowledge and theory.

?We can't just blindly trust this AI to give us the answers we're looking for.

It's a dangerous road to go down.”

?Here are my two significant conclusions

?ChatGPT allows us to now chat with the dead.

?Dr. Thompson thinks highly of my idea! In his ChatGPT words:

?"It's a wild and trippy concept."