DON'T TRUST ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

By Bob Fitch

Here's a little humor to wrap up this month's issue. When I meet with families, I record the interviews to help ensure I get the story straight. I put the recordings in an online transcription app, which is supposed to give me nice document of what was said. It’s supposed to be nice. Oftentimes, however, the app can’t hear any better than my hearing aids can. For example, you said, “I grew up on a dairy farm by Mashalltown,” but the computer app heard “grew up in dirt by muscle.” Another example: You said, “You have to use section 129 and stuff like that.” But the app heard “You have to use sexualized zodiac signs and stuff like that.” Needless to say, this is why we can’t trust AI (artificial intelligence). Here’s a further sampling of what farm families said and what the computer app heard …

YOU SAID "milk cows" BUT APP HEARD "dog scounts"

YOU SAID "Carmel" BUT APP HEARD "karma"

YOU SAID "Calving" BUT APP HEARD "caffeine"

You said "Customer", but the app heard "custom manure"

You said "Turner County Fair", but the app heard "Turd County Fair"

You said "Ice cream for grandkids", but the app heard "a scream every night"

You said "Go to sale barns", but the app heard "boat sail burns"

You said "Hutterites", but the app heard "food rights"

You said "Sheep are", but the app heard "cheaper"

You said "I love to help calvin'", but the app heard "I'd love to help Kevin"

You said "Simmentals", but the app heard "scimitar holes"

You said "Simmental world", but the app heard "cemetery world"

You said "A bunch more debt", but the app heard "bench warrant"

You said "Wayne Bietelspacher", but the app heard "lady beetles blacker"