Epistemic Trespassing
I’d not heard this term until a few days ago on a Prof G pod.
Been a few scholarly articles I’ve been able to peruse this week on the topic.
This is an interesting term. Relatable as I happen to run a commoditized business that provides a necessary a service much needed that many try and glean enough to get by versus hiring the expertise. I’m biased of course.
And, guilty as I’ve used platforms like Legal Zoom in place of an actual attorney for simple contracts as an example.
That’s the risk of AI. Risk of the internet sum 30 years back. Risk of a library hundreds of years ago. Risk of orators further back than that.
Throughout human history we’ve all been able to learn just enough to be dangerous at something.
The rally cry to stop and end this epidemic has been that of “experts” threatened by the loss of status and commerce probably for centuries.
DIY is one thing. Being totally out in front your skies and running risk of doing irreparable harm another.
Highly advising myself more and more to strike Intellectual Modesty as termed by Nathan Ballantyne in Mind, Volume 128, Issue 510, April 2019, Pages 367–395, https://doi.org/10.1093/mind/fzx042
Published:
12 February 2018
Nathan Ballantyne
Mind, Volume 128, Issue 510, April 2019, Pages 367–395, https://doi.org/10.1093/mind/fzx042
Published:
12 February 2018