Yes, Computers Are Smart, But They're Also Kind Of Dumb Sometimes

Using predicting fashion trends as an example of why we can't and shouldn't always rely on AI.

One of the first lessons computer science professors teach is that computers are actually quite unintelligent. Or, that they’re only as good or as smart as we can allow them to be.

The lesson goes like this: a professor stands in front of the class at a table holding the ingredients necessary to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. A jar of peanut b…