Any device or piece of software that functions based on the principle of "eh, good enough." This includes autocorrect, which has a high probability of changing "I'll be there soon" to "I'll be a racoon," and voice assistants, which understand you with a probability inversely proportional to the importance of your request. These technologies don't aim for perfection; they aim for a statistically acceptable rate of not making you throw them out a window.
Probabilistic Technologies Example: "I asked my smart speaker to play ' classical music for focus' and it started playing death metal. When I shouted 'NO!' it said, 'Adding "No" to your shopping list.' This is probabilistic technology at its finest: wrong most of the time, but confident always."
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Probabilistic Sciences Example: "After three different doctors gave him three different opinions, the patient realized he wasn't in the world of hard medical fact. He was a subject of the probabilistic sciences, where his illness was diagnosed as 'most likely something, possibly treatable with something else, maybe.'"
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This is a response that you can say to anything, because of all the words in this little phrase, Probably, saying there's a small chance, maybe, saying that there's an even smaller chance, and I Don't Know, rejecting all responsibility if you were wrong with your assumption.
"Hey do you know if Janice is coming to the party?" "Probably, Maybe, I Dont Know"
The perfect response do this because, you don't know if Janice is actually coming to the party but want to seem smart, so you say "Probably, Maybe, I Dont Know". again
The perfect response do this because, you don't know if Janice is actually coming to the party but want to seem smart, so you say "Probably, Maybe, I Dont Know". again
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Hym "Yeah. Probably. I'm going to dress like a Tonberry and stab you in the neck in front of Megyn Kelly. Oh! The crown! Bring a brown robe, a chef's knife, a lantern, and a crown. UK royal family style and not generic 👑"
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