“The machine can do the arithmetic but only competence knows what the number…”

Evidence Over Attestation

“The machine can do the arithmetic but only competence knows what the number means.”

Arithmetic is free; meaning is earned in a domain over years, and the two are easy to confuse until one of them is missing.

Lindsay Hiebert, Founder, PIGENAI LLC · AI governance, security, AEO and networking
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