Intelligence isn't trust

The problem is that intelligence and trustworthiness are different properties of a model. We measure the first obsessively and the second barely at all, and this week produced a pile of evidence that they can move in opposite directions at the same time.

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Kira Howe is a software engineer writing about Clojure, data, and the craft of building small, durable software.

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