Let’s pray AI does not lose its humility of accepting it needs HI
Sir, I refer loosely/closely to “Humans must remain at the heart of the AI story” by Marc Benioff, FT July 11, 2025.
About bank regulations, an obsession of mine, I dialogued with the recently introduced to society Grok 4, SuperGrok.
In reference to whether a hypothetical “Super-Duper-Grok” could outperform the decentralized, messy wisdom of millions in the market, without amplifying systemic risks it stated:
“The market, as an aggregate of millions of individual decisions, is a remarkable mechanism for pricing risk and allocating capital. It’s not perfect—prone to bubbles, panics, and mispricings, its strength lies in its diversity of perspectives, incentives, and local knowledge. Interest rates act as signals, reflecting collective judgments about risk and reward.
Now, imagine a “Super-Duper-Grok”—an AI with vastly superior data processing, predictive modeling, and decision-making capabilities. Could it outdo the market? In theory, it might:
But here’s the catch: centralizing risk management in a single AI, no matter how advanced, introduces new vulnerabilities:
Single Point of Failure: If Super-Duper-Grok miscalculates or is hacked, the fallout could be catastrophic.
Model Risk: Even a super-AI relies on assumptions and data inputs. If those are biased or incomplete (e.g., missing “unknown unknowns”), it could misjudge risks.
Loss of Human Judgment: Markets incorporate intuition, skepticism, and ethical considerations—qualities an AI might lack. An AI, however sophisticated, might over-optimize for measurable metrics, ignoring intangibles like cultural values or long-term societal resilience.”
Sir, if only those besserwisser bank regulators in the Basel Committee had possessed such humility. Then they would not have decreed those risk weighted bank capital requirements which so dangerously and weakening distort the allocation of credit.
Sir, it would seem that without stupid human intelligence to feed it, artificial intelligence could also become stupid. Thanks God, it seems that we will still be needed. Let's make sure we fulfill our part.
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