Washington, May 22 (EFE).- NASA’s new director of artificial intelligence (AI), David Salvagnini, warned this Wednesday that the results offered by this technology must be approached with a critical attitude, because there may be “errors of omission.” that affect their responses.
“There are times when it generates a false answer that may be obvious and easier to spot. I would be more concerned about errors of omission. What happens when you give an answer but there was a lot of data that you didn’t actually refer to?” “he asked at a forum at his agency in Washington about that technology.
Salvagnini therefore urged a detailed analysis of the elements that have led to these responses.
“Do we understand the origin of that data? Do we trust its accuracy? Because if the answer to those questions is no, our confidence in the AI output should be discarded or reduced,” he said.
Salvagnini was appointed on May 13 as NASA’s first AI director to align the strategic vision and planning of the use of this technology in the US space agency.
The new position responded to the Joe Biden Administration’s October 2023 executive order on the development and safe use of AI, which called on all federal agencies to create such a position.
“AI is not responsible for the result, people are. We have to be aware of our responsibilities. I would almost like artificial intelligence not to be called that but to be known as digital help, like a digital assistant to which one has access to receive help in the decision process,” he concluded. EFE
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